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I understand that the vast majority of reviewers on the internet, and certainly the sites that come up first in search engine results, are compensated by the ma
by joncrane 6y ago
I understand that the vast majority of reviewers on the internet, and certainly the sites that come up first in search engine results, are compensated by the manufacturers via kickbacks.
I believe it's colloquially known as a "racket."
- hunter2_ 6y agoIs there any good work being done on solving this problem? "Verified buyer" exists on larger sites but it doesn't solve for kickbacks. Looking only at reviews written by people closer to you socially also doesn't work since at that critical proximity there aren't enough reviews.
- prepend 6y agoConsumerreports is still independent and really useful, I think.