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You also maybe navigate a larger web with different needs. What knowledge cant be found with appending "wiki" to any keyword, what person cant you find with li

You also maybe navigate a larger web with different needs. What knowledge cant be found with appending "wiki" to any keyword, what person cant you find with linkedin, what movie cant you find on a private bt tracker, what news cant you have from reddit ? I think people over estimate what the web was before Google and under estimate how much easier it s been to find anything. Name me one thing you struggled to find on google and Ill probably be able to describe you the nightmare it would have been 20 years ago

habibur 5y ago
> Name me one thing you struggled to find on google Ad less pages. That provide the content without trying to monetize it.
- Swenrekcah 5y ago
  I don't even mind ads if I get the content. What I get now however is 90% ads and 10% content, and of those 10% about half of that is actually promoted content. Oh and the ads are also spying on me and selling my information to more ads.
marginalia_nu 5y ago
Google me up a review of a mechanical keyboard that isn't sponsored, doesn't have ads, isn't on reddit, doesn't have affiliate links, and isn't trying to sell me anything.
- willmw101 5y ago
  Seems pretty useful and non-spammy to me: Edit: This is a better example: https://www.mechtype.com/category/reviews/ https://www.mechtype.com/category/reviews/
  - marginalia_nu 5y ago
    Would you expect someone selling a product to give an accurate review? They have a conflict of interest. Give me a review from someone who does not have a conflict of interest. I'll show you what I'm looking for: https://labs.tomasino.org/mechanical-keyboards/ https://labs.tomasino.org/mechanical-keyboards/ https://www.paritybit.ca/blog/vortex-vibe-keyboard https://www.paritybit.ca/blog/vortex-vibe-keyboard https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Mechanical_keyboards https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Mechanical_keyboards https://www.vegard.net/the-ultimate-keyboard-part-2-switches/ https://www.vegard.net/the-ultimate-keyboard-part-2-switches... http://boxbase.org/entries/2015/nov/30/ergodox/ http://boxbase.org/entries/2015/nov/30/ergodox/ Where are those types of search results?
    - willmw101 5y ago
      They have links for every single mechanical keyboard they review or list. What is their incentive to give better reviews to some than others? This is probably a better example: https://www.mechtype.com/xiaomi-yuemi-pro-mk02-review/#more-2640 https://www.mechtype.com/xiaomi-yuemi-pro-mk02-review/#more-... There are some basic economic realities underpinning why most people take the time to create content like this. I don't think it's reasonable to assume that just because someone expects to make a small amount of money from creating a review like that (with either affiliate links or buy links), that that person's opinion is inherently at conflict with honesty just because there's a monetary element. It may be true for many sites and many people, but it's pretty straightforward to parse whether someone is writing a review earnestly and passionately rather than for $.
      - marginalia_nu 5y ago
        > They have links for every single mechanical keyboard they review or list. What is their incentive to give better reviews to some than others? Given Sturgeon's law (90% of everything is shit), why are most of the reviews 4/5 or above? > There are some basic economic realties underpinning why people take the time to create content like this. I don't think it's reasonable to assume that just because someone expects to make a small amount of money from creating a review like that, that that person's opinion is inherently at conflict with honesty just because there's a monetary element. I updated the post with several examples of the type of content I want you to find. > This is probably a better example: https://www.mechtype.com/ https://www.mechtype.com/[...] This one has affiliate links
- lanstin 5y ago
  That sort of question you want answered by friends or an organization you pay to represent ypu, like Consumers Union.
  - marginalia_nu 5y ago
    Why couldn't a search engine look out for the searcher's interests before the interests of the content-producers?
    - lanstin 5y ago
      because you aren't paying them to do that.
- deleted 5y ago
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kaetemi 5y ago
Reviews of recent consumer scanners with actual samples of scanned images at high resolutions.
eloff 5y ago
I recently had to research and compare analytics services for work. Type in Heap vs MixPanel and look at the results, the entire first page is garbage comparison sites. I really struggled to find any impartial, real reviews.

habibur 5y ago

> Name me one thing you struggled to find on google Ad less pages. That provide the content without trying to monetize it.

Swenrekcah 5y ago
I don't even mind ads if I get the content. What I get now however is 90% ads and 10% content, and of those 10% about half of that is actually promoted content. Oh and the ads are also spying on me and selling my information to more ads.

marginalia_nu 5y ago

Google me up a review of a mechanical keyboard that isn't sponsored, doesn't have ads, isn't on reddit, doesn't have affiliate links, and isn't trying to sell me anything.

willmw101 5y ago
Seems pretty useful and non-spammy to me: Edit: This is a better example: https://www.mechtype.com/category/reviews/ https://www.mechtype.com/category/reviews/
- marginalia_nu 5y ago
  Would you expect someone selling a product to give an accurate review? They have a conflict of interest. Give me a review from someone who does not have a conflict of interest. I'll show you what I'm looking for: https://labs.tomasino.org/mechanical-keyboards/ https://labs.tomasino.org/mechanical-keyboards/ https://www.paritybit.ca/blog/vortex-vibe-keyboard https://www.paritybit.ca/blog/vortex-vibe-keyboard https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Mechanical_keyboards https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Mechanical_keyboards https://www.vegard.net/the-ultimate-keyboard-part-2-switches/ https://www.vegard.net/the-ultimate-keyboard-part-2-switches... http://boxbase.org/entries/2015/nov/30/ergodox/ http://boxbase.org/entries/2015/nov/30/ergodox/ Where are those types of search results?
  - willmw101 5y ago
    They have links for every single mechanical keyboard they review or list. What is their incentive to give better reviews to some than others? This is probably a better example: https://www.mechtype.com/xiaomi-yuemi-pro-mk02-review/#more-2640 https://www.mechtype.com/xiaomi-yuemi-pro-mk02-review/#more-... There are some basic economic realities underpinning why most people take the time to create content like this. I don't think it's reasonable to assume that just because someone expects to make a small amount of money from creating a review like that (with either affiliate links or buy links), that that person's opinion is inherently at conflict with honesty just because there's a monetary element. It may be true for many sites and many people, but it's pretty straightforward to parse whether someone is writing a review earnestly and passionately rather than for $.
    - marginalia_nu 5y ago
      > They have links for every single mechanical keyboard they review or list. What is their incentive to give better reviews to some than others? Given Sturgeon's law (90% of everything is shit), why are most of the reviews 4/5 or above? > There are some basic economic realties underpinning why people take the time to create content like this. I don't think it's reasonable to assume that just because someone expects to make a small amount of money from creating a review like that, that that person's opinion is inherently at conflict with honesty just because there's a monetary element. I updated the post with several examples of the type of content I want you to find. > This is probably a better example: https://www.mechtype.com/ https://www.mechtype.com/[...] This one has affiliate links
lanstin 5y ago
That sort of question you want answered by friends or an organization you pay to represent ypu, like Consumers Union.
- marginalia_nu 5y ago
  Why couldn't a search engine look out for the searcher's interests before the interests of the content-producers?
  - lanstin 5y ago
    because you aren't paying them to do that.
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kaetemi 5y ago

Reviews of recent consumer scanners with actual samples of scanned images at high resolutions.

eloff 5y ago

I recently had to research and compare analytics services for work. Type in Heap vs MixPanel and look at the results, the entire first page is garbage comparison sites. I really struggled to find any impartial, real reviews.