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What qualifies someone as a “top tech reviewer”? It’s a phone for gods sake and some random YouTubers opinion isn’t anymore valid than a random Hackernews comme
by saberience 2y ago
What qualifies someone as a “top tech reviewer”? It’s a phone for gods sake and some random YouTubers opinion isn’t anymore valid than a random Hackernews commentators opinion.
If we were getting opinions on the latest PhD paper on attention mechanisms than I’d trust someone with a PhD versus a random person, but for getting opinions on the new Google phone? Think for yourself.
- collin128 2y agoAgree with you re: think for yourselves. Two things: 1. He's held / seen the phone live, I buy online so won't get a chance to before I decide. 2. He's also held hundreds (thousands?) of phones which I haven't. While he does have preferences that differ from mine, his perspective is still interesting. >what qualifies them? 19.3m subscribers on yt
- saberience 2y agoJoe Rogan has a lot more subscribers and listeners than this guy, does it mean I should listen to his opinions? Valuing someone by reach makes no sense at all. Most professors at MIT have no social media reach at all, I still value their opinions extremely highly. In fact, valuing someone's opinion purely based on the size of their megaphone is partly why we're the world is in such a bad state politically (and in other ways) these days. E.g. people listening to social media influencers opinions on vaccines.
- nogridbag 2y agoI think this is a fair take. The parent comment shouldn't have added subscriber count as one the qualifications. But for MKBHD's qualification, simply use point number 2.
- wiseowise 2y agoWhatever I watch==top tech reviewer, apparently.