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Is there any place on the web with authentic reviews? The only thing that comes to mind is something like steam, where you have to at least purchase a copy of a

by trdlts 5y ago

Is there any place on the web with authentic reviews? The only thing that comes to mind is something like steam, where you have to at least purchase a copy of a game before leaving a review.

monocasa 5y ago
Amazon reviews with a picture inside a dirty living room with, like, a toddler only in their diaper in the background or something have been pretty reliable.
- suzzer99 5y ago
  Every Amazon review stream: 5-star, 2-star, 5-star, 5-star, 5-star, 5-star, 5-star.
phkahler 5y ago
>> Is there any place on the web with authentic reviews? This is where a good social network is useful. I'd trust my friends more than any random web site. Unfortunately I don't have a huge network to call on, so it would be nice to trust my friends friends and so on, but the trust quickly drops. We need a way to improve a simple network with some user-controlled measure of authenticity and trust.
xeromal 5y ago
Consumer Reports. Since they are paid for subscriptions, they're able to afford to vet products with less influence to leave a good review. You have to pay for quality journalism.
- nvarsj 5y ago
  Do you really trust CR? In the UK we have which.co.uk, which is similar and you have to subscribe to it. But I'm fairly sure they are shilling for some of their product categories after having subscribed a few times. Like, the mattress category is filled with mattress in a box companies, which are notorious for paying off websites/blogs to promote their products. I really don't trust any of these sites anymore.
  - flatiron 5y ago
    Personally I trust CR as they aren’t paid by ads but subscribers so it’s their benefit to be honest.
    - xeromal 5y ago
      Exactly how I see it. They can try to double dip but as soon as someone finds out, they'll lose all their credibility.
rjbwork 5y ago
Hobby based Discords can often yield good results if you ask, and many have pinned posts in gear recommendation channels.
- Lascaille 5y ago
  This is the other reason Google is failing to return good results; so much forum-type content has moved to Discord.
  - rjbwork 5y ago
    And Google really only has itself to blame for that, TBQH. They have had how many mediocre chat apps that they could have turned into Discord with a baked in user base over the past 15 years?
pmlnr 5y ago
Blogs. They are very hard to find though.

by trdlts 5y ago

Is there any place on the web with authentic reviews? The only thing that comes to mind is something like steam, where you have to at least purchase a copy of a game before leaving a review.

monocasa 5y ago

Amazon reviews with a picture inside a dirty living room with, like, a toddler only in their diaper in the background or something have been pretty reliable.

suzzer99 5y ago
Every Amazon review stream: 5-star, 2-star, 5-star, 5-star, 5-star, 5-star, 5-star.

phkahler 5y ago

>> Is there any place on the web with authentic reviews? This is where a good social network is useful. I'd trust my friends more than any random web site. Unfortunately I don't have a huge network to call on, so it would be nice to trust my friends friends and so on, but the trust quickly drops. We need a way to improve a simple network with some user-controlled measure of authenticity and trust.

xeromal 5y ago

Consumer Reports. Since they are paid for subscriptions, they're able to afford to vet products with less influence to leave a good review. You have to pay for quality journalism.

nvarsj 5y ago
Do you really trust CR? In the UK we have which.co.uk, which is similar and you have to subscribe to it. But I'm fairly sure they are shilling for some of their product categories after having subscribed a few times. Like, the mattress category is filled with mattress in a box companies, which are notorious for paying off websites/blogs to promote their products. I really don't trust any of these sites anymore.
- flatiron 5y ago
  Personally I trust CR as they aren’t paid by ads but subscribers so it’s their benefit to be honest.
  - xeromal 5y ago
    Exactly how I see it. They can try to double dip but as soon as someone finds out, they'll lose all their credibility.

rjbwork 5y ago

Hobby based Discords can often yield good results if you ask, and many have pinned posts in gear recommendation channels.

Lascaille 5y ago
This is the other reason Google is failing to return good results; so much forum-type content has moved to Discord.
- rjbwork 5y ago
  And Google really only has itself to blame for that, TBQH. They have had how many mediocre chat apps that they could have turned into Discord with a baked in user base over the past 15 years?

pmlnr 5y ago

Blogs. They are very hard to find though.