Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a Year

Re:Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a ... by pickdenis on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @02:13PM (#19912186)

> what avenues would advertisers have left to sell products to us?

My serious guess would be even more paid shills. It's amazing how much more weight a message can have when it comes from someone that's not obviously tied to the company.

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Re:Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a ... by switchbak on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @02:17PM (#19912232)

My skepticism level is now of epic proportions when I see someone recommending products online. Louis Rossmann is one notable exception, but far too rare.

These days I usually just type "reviews for XXX reddit", but even that isn't a sure thing anymore.

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Re:Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a ... by pault on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @02:22PM (#19912276)

Just one of the many things SEO has ruined. Searching "x reviews" for any x is completely worthless at best, actively hostile at worst.

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Re:Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a ... by layoutIfNeeded on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @03:21PM (#19912946)

The trick is to look for negative reviews first.

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Re:Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a ... by rchaud on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @04:27PM (#19913568)

Yup, I do the "[search query] + reddit" in my searches as well. Just including the phrase on its own brings up a ton of garbage sites with reviews written by content marketing people for SEO purposes as opposed a 3-4 line Reddit comment.

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Re:Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a ... by crazypyro on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @04:23PM (#19913527)

I use reddit for all kinds of suggestions. It's definitely getting harder and it also helps to be in the target demographic of reddit.

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