It used to be that you would do a search on a relevant subject and get blog posts, forums posts, and maybe a couple of relevant companies offering the product or service. (And if you wanted more information on said company you could give them a call and actually talk to a real person about said service) You could even trust amazon and yelp reviews. Now searches have been completely taken over by Forbes top 10 lists, random affiliate link click through aggregators that copy and paste each others work, review factories that will kill your competitors and boost your product stars, ect… It seems like the internet has gotten soooo much harder to use, just because you have to wade through all the bullshit. It’s no wonder people switch to reddit and lemmy style sites, in a way it mirrors a little what kind of information you used to be able to garner from the internet in it’s early days. What do people do these days to find genuine information about products or services?
I usually look for stuff on stackoverflow and stackexchange.
If i can’t find it on those sites, i’ll perform some arcane google magic (dorking) to see if i can find it.
If all else fails, i’ll sniff through arxiv to see if i can find some research papers on the subject.
“Hey StackOverflow, what’s the best window fan you can buy these days.”
"Removed. Duplicate of “What’s the best dryer?”
and “What’s the best dryer?” was answered in 2010
And the last comment was ‘nvm. Sorted it.’