Mastodawn

The recent Google Pixel fracas over the role of influencers and tech ‘reviews’ is a good reminder that in this age of distributed and disaggregated information, sometimes a review is not a review.

https://om.co/2024/08/17/not-all-reviews-are-a-review/

Sometimes a review is not really a review

I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again — most of what passes for reviews and coverage on social media is nothing butthinly veiled product placement, with influen…

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JoeP Aug 18, 2024

@Onmyom
True, but hasn't this trend been under way for at least ten years?

Are there any ways we can identify / search for valuable, unbiased reviews?

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Larry H Aug 18, 2024

@Onmyom
As sickening as tech "journalists" brought in as the cheering section at pretty much any Apple announcement event.