• danc4498@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    My personal shame is to still google “product” + Reddit every month if so. Nothing compares to Reddit’s comments on recommendations.

    • NekoKoneko@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      It’s true, but the value is diminishing. I’ve tried that and more than once in the past half year, the advice within reddit posts were clearly astroturf AI-generated slop, and some of them were upvoted in similar amounts to apparent real recommendations.

      Companies know Reddit is a recommendation hotspot, and stealth advertising is becoming typical business practice.

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      17 hours ago

      Internet is dead. If you just google the product, reddit will probably be the best result