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Because there's more money interested in subverting or eliminating such efforts than there is in seeing them run well. Ideology won't even save you there: it d
by h2odragon 3y ago
Because there's more money interested in subverting or eliminating such efforts than there is in seeing them run well.
Ideology won't even save you there: it doesn't matter if you want to run such a site with editorial integrity and all the trimmings. The folks who want you silenced outnumber you and have more resources than you do.
- tptacek 3y agoHow exactly does a moneyed interest subvert a review aggregator?
- alex_lav 3y agoSites that feature product reviews inevitably get paid by product companies to filter unfavorable reviews and also surface paying products.
- tptacek 3y agoYeah, that's bad, but how does that subvert an honest site that doesn't take payments or free products?
- h2odragon 3y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39433451 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39433451
- tptacek 3y agoThe whole point of a review aggregator is to find and spotlight the credible reviewers.
- homeless_engi 3y agoHow about the issue of astroturfing or botting?
- alex_lav 3y agoHonest sites always succumb. That's why this question is being asked in the first place.
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- smsm42 3y agoI don't think this is right - Consumer Reports exists, for example, and I don't see any attempts of silencing it.