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?

  • UncleGrandPa@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    10 months ago

    Try to search for something that has been in the News. Even if that news article is NOT what you want… It’s going to be the only thing offered . Over and over and over.

    • GortexGary@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      10 months ago

      Sadly, most of the news articles from “trusted” sources, are put there to steer the dialogue in a specific way. You can’t talk about certain things in the news and some articles are specifically put out there to raise awareness of certain products. Read Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent for more info.