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If it’s posible to recommend a product earnestly, then you must take for granted that it’s possible to recommend a product dishonestly. There’s no way to tell
by hombre_fatal 4y ago
If it’s posible to recommend a product earnestly, then you must take for granted that it’s possible to recommend a product dishonestly.
There’s no way to tell those two things apart when done well.
Catching the obvious cases only means you’ve caught the obvious cases. Reddit is really naive here. They’ll punish “look what I made” but not “look what I found” . We did it, Reddit! We beat ads!
- tablespoon 4y ago> Catching the obvious cases only means you’ve caught the obvious cases. Reddit is really naive here. They’ll punish “look what I made” but not “look what I found” . We did it, Reddit! We beat ads! Also catching the obvious cases can easily create an illusion of competence, which quickly leads to overconfidence.
- JohnBooty 4y agoIf it’s posible to recommend a product earnestly, then you must take for granted that it’s possible to recommend a product dishonestly. There’s no way to tell those two things apart when done well. This is true for some things, less true others. For products that are almost purely subjective (books, movies, etc) yeah. There's really no way to spot well-concealed astroturfing. As things become more objective the astroturfing gets a little bit difficult. If I'm an astroturfer and I say, "I think brand XYZ leaf blowers are the best" but unless I go into some details that recommendation is not going to carry a lot of weight. And if I falsify objective details, things will start to smell more and more like astroturf to anybody that is actually knowledgeable.