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What would be a better advice?

throwaway0a5e 6y ago
Google/DDG/Bing it and read some forum threads. Sure you can't get people to spoon feed you answers that way but do you really want to be spoon fed by people who don't actually know anything?
- alfyboy 6y ago
  How do you usually format your searches to avoid all the SEO crap?
- duckmysick 6y ago
  How do I know if forum threads are written by people with enough experience? Especially if they are giving conflicting advice. I don't have the expertise to make that call myself. If I had, I wouldn't need to look it up.
  - jimbokun 6y ago
    > Especially if they are giving conflicting advice. That's the most useful scenario. When you have people debating one thing being better than another, gives you specific claims you can follow up on and think about which factors are most important to making your decision. If everyone agrees, or only one option is argued for, I would be more suspicious of the advice.
- gruez 6y ago
  >Google/DDG/Bing it and read some forum threads and that doesn't have the reddit shill issue? > Sure you can't get people to spoon feed you answers that way but do you really want to be spoon fed by people who don't actually know anything? Or you know, people want to spend 10 minutes looking for the best product, rather than spending a few days going down a rabbit hole of their own personal research.
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throwaway201103 6y ago
Realize that the days of quickly finding good information on the internet are gone. Search engines are gamed, product review sites are gamed, most popular forums such as reddit are gamed, many blogs are gamed. Seeking out niche enthusiast websites, authoritative sources, mailing lists, or actually doing your own research at the libarary are about the only ways you can get anything remotely reliable. If it's easy, it's probably been gamed.
GoblinSlayer 6y ago
Look for proofs, details and independent sources. If you see something short, flashy, buzzwords, slogans, it's probably not very solid. Propaganda still follows Goebbels' scheme, you can simply reverse it.
meowface 6y ago
I'd still recommend digging through reddit results, personally. The signal:noise ratio may not be great but you can still often find valuable reviews of things if you look at a lot of different posts. Searching HN can also sometimes be good. Slightly higher signal:noise than reddit, generally.

Google/DDG/Bing it and read some forum threads. Sure you can't get people to spoon feed you answers that way but do you really want to be spoon fed by people who don't actually know anything?

alfyboy 6y ago
How do you usually format your searches to avoid all the SEO crap?
duckmysick 6y ago
How do I know if forum threads are written by people with enough experience? Especially if they are giving conflicting advice. I don't have the expertise to make that call myself. If I had, I wouldn't need to look it up.
- jimbokun 6y ago
  > Especially if they are giving conflicting advice. That's the most useful scenario. When you have people debating one thing being better than another, gives you specific claims you can follow up on and think about which factors are most important to making your decision. If everyone agrees, or only one option is argued for, I would be more suspicious of the advice.
gruez 6y ago
>Google/DDG/Bing it and read some forum threads and that doesn't have the reddit shill issue? > Sure you can't get people to spoon feed you answers that way but do you really want to be spoon fed by people who don't actually know anything? Or you know, people want to spend 10 minutes looking for the best product, rather than spending a few days going down a rabbit hole of their own personal research.
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throwaway201103 6y ago

Realize that the days of quickly finding good information on the internet are gone. Search engines are gamed, product review sites are gamed, most popular forums such as reddit are gamed, many blogs are gamed. Seeking out niche enthusiast websites, authoritative sources, mailing lists, or actually doing your own research at the libarary are about the only ways you can get anything remotely reliable. If it's easy, it's probably been gamed.

GoblinSlayer 6y ago

Look for proofs, details and independent sources. If you see something short, flashy, buzzwords, slogans, it's probably not very solid. Propaganda still follows Goebbels' scheme, you can simply reverse it.

meowface 6y ago

I'd still recommend digging through reddit results, personally. The signal:noise ratio may not be great but you can still often find valuable reviews of things if you look at a lot of different posts. Searching HN can also sometimes be good. Slightly higher signal:noise than reddit, generally.