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That's the same story with all product comparison sites. It's obvious that in most cases, they've never actually used the product for more than some hours if at

That's the same story with all product comparison sites. It's obvious that in most cases, they've never actually used the product for more than some hours if at all. The description of the products are just a rewritten version of the manufacturer sales material. The only way to get somewhat reliable recommendations was to append reddit to the search terms.

Given_47 3y ago
Yea affiliate deals r abhorrent. And I wasn’t even aware of how high stakes it can be until this article: https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-bloggers-lawsuits-underside-of-the-mattress-wars https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-blogg...
- maccard 3y ago
  That's a great article, thanks for the link
- deleted 3y ago
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- justinclift 3y ago
  Looking at the fortunes of the Casper place in the time since, Wikipedia has it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper_Sleep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper_Sleep On February 6, 2020, it went public at $12 per share, translating to a market value of $476 million ... On March 31, 2020, its stock dropped to $4.12 per share, translating to a market value of $163 million ... In April 2020, Casper announced the winding down of its European operations and laid off 21% of its staff ... In November 2021, Casper announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired ... The transaction completed in January 2022 and Casper's stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. Disappeared with barely a whimper it seems like.
  - Given_47 3y ago
    Love it. And now that I think about it, I have stopped noticing the incessant Casper ads scattered around SF
bruce343434 3y ago
There is plenty of astroturfing on Reddit.
- martin8412 3y ago
  Absolutely. That has also gotten worse over time.
- seanp2k2 3y ago
  The internet in general has just become one giant billboard / sales grift over the past decade and it’s really sad to see. I hate how much of the American economy is based on ads and marketing, just trying to force feed us pushes to buy buy buy until we’re broke and/or dead. There are better ways to live than this.

Given_47 3y ago

Yea affiliate deals r abhorrent. And I wasn’t even aware of how high stakes it can be until this article: https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-bloggers-lawsuits-underside-of-the-mattress-wars https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-blogg...

maccard 3y ago
That's a great article, thanks for the link
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justinclift 3y ago
Looking at the fortunes of the Casper place in the time since, Wikipedia has it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper_Sleep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper_Sleep On February 6, 2020, it went public at $12 per share, translating to a market value of $476 million ... On March 31, 2020, its stock dropped to $4.12 per share, translating to a market value of $163 million ... In April 2020, Casper announced the winding down of its European operations and laid off 21% of its staff ... In November 2021, Casper announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired ... The transaction completed in January 2022 and Casper's stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. Disappeared with barely a whimper it seems like.
- Given_47 3y ago
  Love it. And now that I think about it, I have stopped noticing the incessant Casper ads scattered around SF

bruce343434 3y ago

There is plenty of astroturfing on Reddit.

martin8412 3y ago
Absolutely. That has also gotten worse over time.
seanp2k2 3y ago
The internet in general has just become one giant billboard / sales grift over the past decade and it’s really sad to see. I hate how much of the American economy is based on ads and marketing, just trying to force feed us pushes to buy buy buy until we’re broke and/or dead. There are better ways to live than this.