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Re:Real People. Real Reviews. Real Extortion Scheme? by axod on Friday February 26, 2010 @04:06PM (#1154131)
I was looking for dedicated server hosting the other day, and that market is just ridiculously full of bad, stupid reviews.

"This dedicated server provider is terrible! They wouldn't even help me with a mysql problem" etc.

I'm sure half the hosting co reviews are done by competitors, and the other half are done by idiots who don't understand anything. And of course all the satisfied customers can't be bothered to write reviews.

It's always going to be best to get a personal recommendation than trusting reviews on the internet, for anything.

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Re:Real People. Real Reviews. Real Extortion Scheme? by tokenadult on Friday February 26, 2010 @07:47PM (#1154600)
It's always going to be best to get a personal recommendation than trusting reviews on the internet, for anything.

This is precisely why many people expect social networks to play a larger and larger role in commerce.

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Re:Real People. Real Reviews. Real Extortion Scheme? by axod on Saturday February 27, 2010 @04:34AM (#1155139)
The problem with that is, social network 'friends' are usually pretty meaningless. They're certainly not usually people I'd trust to recommend anything.
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