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Ask HN: How do you recommend things to your friends?
If you want to recommend something, where do you go? Twitter? Facebook? Topic-specific networks like Yelp, Goodreads, thesixtyone, etc? Email/IM?
Similarly, if you're looking for a recommendation, do you use Vark? Google? Twitter?
Since I know someone's going to say it: Yes, I'm using HN for research. Is there something wrong with that?
- maudineormsby 17y agoMaybe I'm old fashioned, but I usually ask people I trust directly via email, phone, IM or face-to-face. When I tweet asking for stuff, I tend to get people I do not know recommending things, usually things that they have some interest in pushing on me. Ick.
- transmit101 17y agoDepends who I want to recommend it to. Different networks reach different audiences. But for most tech stuff: Twitter.
- araneae 17y agoTwitter, if it's of a broad interest, or aim, if it's of a specific interest to 1-2 friends.
- sharpn 17y agoI don't write TripAdvisor or Amazon reviews, but they can inform my choices (both +ve & -ve) if I'm considering a purchase.
- DanielStraight 17y agoEmail.