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> Before Fake Review Watch and all her research, Dean used review sites often, she said. But now she tells everyone she knows to stick with good old word-of-mou
by emodendroket 3y ago
> Before Fake Review Watch and all her research, Dean used review sites often, she said. But now she tells everyone she knows to stick with good old word-of-mouth — especially with recent additional hits to the online system, like the surge of reviews spurred by COVID-19 policies and new reports of AI chatbot-written Amazon reviews.
Kind of sick of reading this advice. If I knew someone I trusted to recommend me a contractor why would I be on Yelp looking in the first place? Hello.
- Solvency 3y agoThis is where NextDoor comes in. I guarantee your entire town is likely already on there talking about contractors they've used. The app is slow and sluggish but it's legitimately where most homeowners and "regular townsie folk" are these days.
- emodendroket 3y agoI am on some Facebook neighborhood groups which I think are similar enough to Nextdoor, but there are plenty of scammers about and also, it’s hard to trust people’s judgment given how many idiotic posts you see floating around.