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Re:A steep rise of Hacker News in Google rankings by candiddevmike on Sunday February 18, 2024 @05:53PM (#39424354)
I've become really skeptical of Reddit comments around products for this reason. Searching "best X site:reddit.com" and going off the top comment recommendation seems really sketchy when that top comment is only 5-10 points.

Maybe I'm just really paranoid these days, but I would bet looking at searches with Reddit in them and creating threads or commenting on old ones and paying for up votes is probably lucrative.

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Re:A steep rise of Hacker News in Google rankings by echelon_musk on Sunday February 18, 2024 @06:24PM (#39424603)
Reddit has been astroturfed for a good 10yrs at this point.

EDIT: https://old.reddit.com/r/HailCorporate/

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Re:A steep rise of Hacker News in Google rankings by whiterknight on Sunday February 18, 2024 @06:20PM (#39424567)
You should be skeptical. Every marketing professional knows and uses Reddit. Sentiment is casually discussed in meetings etc.
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Re:A steep rise of Hacker News in Google rankings by ShamelessC on Sunday February 18, 2024 @06:46PM (#39424753)
User reviews are useless without some sort of vetting process. As far as I know there isn’t a platform available today that provides this.
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