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User reviews are anyway getting useless. As a society we are now trained to have strong opinion about everything and being internet, there'll be a million loud

User reviews are anyway getting useless. As a society we are now trained to have strong opinion about everything and being internet, there'll be a million loud voices supporting your view. So why worry about reading counter view and nuanced details when you can live happily in your echo chamber.

ekianjo 4y ago
user reviews are way more reliable on average than critics reviews who are paid to lick someone elses boots.
- ahoho 4y ago
  I’m not sure I agree. There are at least two independent websites designed to combat paid user reviews on Amazon alone.
- themitigating 4y ago
  What proof do you have of this wide accusation?
- hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
  Bullshit. I find that user reviews and critic reviews often diverge in the same way that an Adam Sandler movie is never going to win an Oscar even if it is popular with theatergoers, but that's fine. In fact, I find it really useful to categorize movie reviews as: * High critic score, high audience score - OK, why did everybody love this movie? * High critic score, low audience score - usually a more "niche" or academic topic, definitely something that will make me think, even if I don't like the movie. * Low critic score, high audience score - A "turn my brain off and enjoy it" kind of movie.
  - kevinventullo 4y ago
    The Last Jedi was not panned by the populace for being too highbrow, quite the opposite.
- ethbr0 4y ago
  On the other hand, users are idiots. "Hammer was not able to turn my screw. I don't know what this is for" "THIS THING IS BAD I WNT MY MONEY BACK"
- astrange 4y ago
  Critics, aka online blog journalists, are paid to generate content. The goal of that is to get you to click on it to look at an ad, either by getting you angry at it or just by producing tons of it so you'll read it all. Complimenting people doesn't come into it - who do you think is going to pay them for that? Amazon's not going to block them from watching the show.
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ekianjo 4y ago

user reviews are way more reliable on average than critics reviews who are paid to lick someone elses boots.

ahoho 4y ago
I’m not sure I agree. There are at least two independent websites designed to combat paid user reviews on Amazon alone.
themitigating 4y ago
What proof do you have of this wide accusation?
hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
Bullshit. I find that user reviews and critic reviews often diverge in the same way that an Adam Sandler movie is never going to win an Oscar even if it is popular with theatergoers, but that's fine. In fact, I find it really useful to categorize movie reviews as: * High critic score, high audience score - OK, why did everybody love this movie? * High critic score, low audience score - usually a more "niche" or academic topic, definitely something that will make me think, even if I don't like the movie. * Low critic score, high audience score - A "turn my brain off and enjoy it" kind of movie.
- kevinventullo 4y ago
  The Last Jedi was not panned by the populace for being too highbrow, quite the opposite.
ethbr0 4y ago
On the other hand, users are idiots. "Hammer was not able to turn my screw. I don't know what this is for" "THIS THING IS BAD I WNT MY MONEY BACK"
astrange 4y ago
Critics, aka online blog journalists, are paid to generate content. The goal of that is to get you to click on it to look at an ad, either by getting you angry at it or just by producing tons of it so you'll read it all. Complimenting people doesn't come into it - who do you think is going to pay them for that? Amazon's not going to block them from watching the show.

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