• brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    General - Wirecutter

    Tech - rtings

    General incl. cars - Consumer Reports

    Air purifiers apparently - House Fresh

    Elsewhere there’s so much fraud I’ve been tempted towards crazy. Like, start a company where I personally meet people who want to review stuff and scan their IDs and take their SSNs before publishing any of their experiences/recommendations. Try to suss out if they have family connections to any products, any possible financial compensation…

    For restaurants I’ve wanted to sit outside locations and ask diners who are leaving “ay this any good btw?”, given that’s hard to fake.

    It blows my mind we haven’t solved review fraud!

    alt-text: shoutout the local library for free Consumer Reports access; screenshot of their laptop comparison table with no ads, no SEO spam, no BS

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      8 months ago

      For the UK, Which does similar things to ConsumerReports.
      They’re not always experts, but they’re generally good reviews, and I honestly don’t have enough life to investigate every tumble drier myself. So having a summary of “in this price range, get this one” is very useful.