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Do you assume people are THAT naive to not be able to tell a honest review/mention + link from a dishonest push? You underestimate the influence of a conflict
by huggyface 14y ago
Do you assume people are THAT naive to not be able to tell a honest review/mention + link from a dishonest push?
You underestimate the influence of a conflict of interest: The people peppering their entries with affiliate links will probably pass a lie detector test that they are just completely "honest", but the pervasive influence and guiding force is inevitable.
The moment you're being effectively paid to pitch something, your opinion loses all merit.
- batista 14y ago>The moment you're being effectively paid to pitch something, your opinion loses all merit. Your statement doesn't hold for everyone, YMMV. Especially since the "effectively" is quite obscure when talking about "affiliate" links where one can chose among products he DOES respect. By your logic people wouldn't trust magazine and site reviews, since they carry ads from the companies making the products...