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DiscoverAli – A weekly newsletter of inexpensive, interesting products

32 points by rolstenhouse 6y ago

Cynddl 6y ago
> An avid practitioner of retail therapy, he's excited to share his findings with you. Yikes, is retail therapy really a thing? Assuming this is a real website, there are so many things both wrong and sad here. :( You don't need to buy things (especially on Aliexpress) to be happy, to enjoy life, to make friends. I hope the lockdown many people here are experiencing will at least make us a bit more aware of the madness of ultra-consumption we live in. Edit: okay fine, I clicked on the ”Terms of Service”. I still don't really get the point of this website. Can you explain?
- tasssko 6y ago
  Good effort on a polite but constructive comment.
- tibu 6y ago
  I suppose the point is to generate sales and earn some referral bonus. Correct me if I'm wrong
sonofgod 6y ago
Give us a sample of what you're showcasing. At the moment you're just saying "GIVE ME AN EMAIL" to recieve... what?
- alextheparrot 6y ago
  There’s a series of examples further down the page — a jacket, a watch band, a watch. Not my cup of tea, but this critique seems a bit disconnected from the linked page.
anotheryou 6y ago
proof that you had these items in your hand would also be nice.
a9entroy 6y ago
I would highly prefer https://thieve.co/ https://thieve.co/ over this. * It's not a newsletter that's gonna spam your email every day * It has a website interface. So you can visit the website whenever you are looking to buy something * You essentially get the same deals without surrendering your email address. Note: I am NOT affiliated to this website in any way. I just use it sometimes to find cool stuff.
112233 6y ago
meanvhile, ze russhans hawe maid zis: https://mysku.ru https://mysku.ru Which is a surprisingly active community of alijunk reviewers, sometimes sponsored, sometimes very in-depth
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
  Värry good comräyde! Gennady Gosplanovich äpprovez!
bschlueter 6y ago
First thing I noticed was that the site's theme is broken on my ultrawide monitor. Admittedly, this would only be a problem for a small subset of potential users, but it is annoying.
SecurityMinded 6y ago
weekly newsletter of cheap chinese crap. nothing I bought from Ali Express or Wish lasted more than couple of uses. why would I bother to read about lies about how great and cheap these stuff are.

32 points by rolstenhouse 6y ago

> An avid practitioner of retail therapy, he's excited to share his findings with you. Yikes, is retail therapy really a thing? Assuming this is a real website, there are so many things both wrong and sad here. :( You don't need to buy things (especially on Aliexpress) to be happy, to enjoy life, to make friends. I hope the lockdown many people here are experiencing will at least make us a bit more aware of the madness of ultra-consumption we live in. Edit: okay fine, I clicked on the ”Terms of Service”. I still don't really get the point of this website. Can you explain?

tasssko 6y ago
Good effort on a polite but constructive comment.
tibu 6y ago
I suppose the point is to generate sales and earn some referral bonus. Correct me if I'm wrong

sonofgod 6y ago

Give us a sample of what you're showcasing. At the moment you're just saying "GIVE ME AN EMAIL" to recieve... what?

alextheparrot 6y ago
There’s a series of examples further down the page — a jacket, a watch band, a watch. Not my cup of tea, but this critique seems a bit disconnected from the linked page.

anotheryou 6y ago

proof that you had these items in your hand would also be nice.

a9entroy 6y ago

I would highly prefer https://thieve.co/ https://thieve.co/ over this. * It's not a newsletter that's gonna spam your email every day * It has a website interface. So you can visit the website whenever you are looking to buy something * You essentially get the same deals without surrendering your email address. Note: I am NOT affiliated to this website in any way. I just use it sometimes to find cool stuff.

112233 6y ago

meanvhile, ze russhans hawe maid zis: https://mysku.ru https://mysku.ru Which is a surprisingly active community of alijunk reviewers, sometimes sponsored, sometimes very in-depth

LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
Värry good comräyde! Gennady Gosplanovich äpprovez!

bschlueter 6y ago

First thing I noticed was that the site's theme is broken on my ultrawide monitor. Admittedly, this would only be a problem for a small subset of potential users, but it is annoying.

SecurityMinded 6y ago

weekly newsletter of cheap chinese crap. nothing I bought from Ali Express or Wish lasted more than couple of uses. why would I bother to read about lies about how great and cheap these stuff are.