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by taurath 1061 days ago
The alternative is places where people congregate. Google used to be a great place to find relatively objective information, but being ad driven it’s all gone to commercial advertising. Word of mouth (IE searching with “[…] Reddit”) gives far better information.
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liotier 1061 days ago
> Word of mouth (IE searching with “[…] Reddit”) gives far better information

Used to. Now that advertising believe their salvation lies in forums, wadding into the big ones increasingly feels like entering the water at a British beach after the privatisation of Thames Water...

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coffeebeqn 1061 days ago
Not really. Thinking that Reddit is not gamed by marketers or bought/sponsored influencers in 2023 is just completely wrong. Any kind of aggregated rating is gamed, whether it’s Amazon or Reddit or Google or yelp

At best you’ll find one very opinionated guys recommendation which may or may not match yours

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taurath 1060 days ago
> Thinking that Reddit is not gamed by marketers or bought/sponsored influencers in 2023 is just completely wrong

I didn't claim its free of gaming, but I am claiming the quality of search results for "x" vs "x reddit" is notably higher for the latter in most cases that I personally use search for.

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