Re:Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month
by kunwon1 on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:08PM
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I'm doing the same thing, but specifically for reviews/recommendations. I can't remember the last time I had even an inkling of trust for a review published on a website. Reddit is basically the only source I have for potentially trustworthy opinions about products
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Re:Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month
by n42 on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:42PM
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IMO, this is no longer the case. Basically any new thread is getting astroturfed by marketing teams, and it seems like Reddit started doing SEO to promote newer threads, so the days of reliable reddit reviews seem to be over
Re:Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month
by shyn3 on Thursday September 21, 2023 @11:55PM
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Definitely true. Marketing teams at multiple roles paid third parties to advertise on Reddit. Even tongue in cheek comments about incidents are marketing.
Re:Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month
by yunwal on Friday September 22, 2023 @12:07AM
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Subreddits that are about buying things (/r/buyitforlife, /r/frugalmalefashion) are done. Same with any askreddit thread that's like "What's a product for under $x that changed your life" or something like that.
I still find /r/cooking gives good recommendations, despite the fact that the world of recipes is filled with spam and low quality content. Maybe the unit economics of astroturfing just don't work out for it.