Hello fellow lemmings,

I was a wiz at google in the early 2000s. I would find obscure forums for every interest and usually get some pretty good info. My research skills haven’t aged well, and I’d like to get a bit more with it.

I use:

  • Rtings, for TVs and monitors
  • Consumer reports, for <500
  • Sites like scamreport where people rant about shitty companies not living up to their promises
  • glassdoor, to see what a company’s employees think and how they are treated

How do you research your purchases when there is so much AI slop out there and google doesn’t really work right anymore. Duck duck go and bing are marginally better. Are there trusted impartial review sites?

  • gigachad@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    2 months ago

    I used to search with site:reddit.com, but the quality of research results got much worse within the last years. For big investments like let’s say a new washing machine I use a more or less independent website that tests different devices, it costs about 5€ to see the results.

    All in all I need much, much more time to do research. Often I simply do not buy anything in the end. It is very frustrating.

    • yeehaw
      3·
      2 months ago

      Ya and Amazon reviews are so untrustworthy now too. Sellers can ramp up ratings on products and swap out the product and keep the reviews.

    • njordomir@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 months ago

      This tip worked well in '22-'23 before reddit hit peak enshittification. Agreed on the time. Researching what you are getting is not as easy as it once was.