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Yes and no. Certain categories seem like they would be impossible to astroturf, or at least the brands in those categories wouldn't know the ROI on doing an as
by mbesto 4y ago
Yes and no.
Certain categories seem like they would be impossible to astroturf, or at least the brands in those categories wouldn't know the ROI on doing an astroturfing campaign.
Two randomly cherry picked categories:
https://looria.com/search?category.subcategory=TVs https://looria.com/search?category.subcategory=TVs - this is pretty consistent with rtings.com. Samsung is very likely astroturfing, but LG's OLED are still consistently rated high no matter how much astroturfing and is consistent with my personal experience.
https://looria.com/search?category.subcategory=&category.category=&category.type=Chef+Knives&page=1 https://looria.com/search?category.subcategory=&category.cat... - do you honestly think a company like Tojiro is astroturfing Reddit or their S&M team even knows what Reddit is?
- denimnerd42 4y agoI'm not sure with current models but for a long time LG OLED isn't a good choice if you have a room with bright ambient light. The QN80 or QN90 are the best options since they are the brightest TVs and they also have/had anti glare coatings.
- novok 4y agoThe astroturfing was more of the 'submarine' type [0] that took skill and effort for more niche products than the more low effort mass spam & fraud types you see on amazon and such. I remember talking to an accquantance who had a marketer for their kickstarter-esque product and how they leverage reddit to generate interest for their thing via some astroturfing behavior years ago. http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html
- mbesto 4y agoI don't disagree with that notion, however none of this which would show up on a site like Looria, which is the contention posed here.