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Show HN: I built a Rotten Tomatoes-style platform for durable products

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Post by dumbfounder »

nwienert wrote: post #350
wyre wrote: post #313

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I think because without Reddit every result is an affiliate blog trying to sell the product. Reddit feels like the reviews come from real people.

How to build the next Google: all good results these days are within communities, and Google search has become useless for most of these searches. So don't build a search engine: build a "rotten tomatoes for X" where the sources for each X are "the top N subreddits/communities/editorial-sites/forums for X". For example, supplements: examine.com, reddit /r/supplements /r/nootropics (long tail ones), wikipedia, etc. Th…

And then Google surfaces that data in their results so no one even needs to go to your site...

https://theoutline.com/post/1399/how-google-ate-celebritynet...

Re: Show HN: I built a Rotten Tomatoes-style platform for durable products

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Post by aidos »

redshirtrob wrote: post #261
ranieuwe wrote: post #113

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Just bought a lot of yard tools and picked Ego as my battery platform. Same reasons you outlined: I hate dealing with gas engines, cords are annoying and get you stuck. I can now start a job, pause half way do something else and continue again without dealing with starting engines etc. The blower is fantastic and quiet at that too. Much more relaxing than a gas one making noise all the time. The edger is phenomenal b…

Thanks. I borrowed one of their chainsaws from a neighbor back in the spring. It worked flawlessly. That's the brand I was considering so glad to hear another positive review.

Can’t speak for Ego but I love my Makita battery chainsaw. I was on the fence about it, but now I have it, I’m glad I made the leap. You’re obviously not going to spend all day using it as a professional, but for DIY it’s perfect. Does a good job, not too expensive and requires little maintenance.

Re: Show HN: I built a Rotten Tomatoes-style platform for durable products

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Post by nwienert »

dumbfounder wrote: post #401
nwienert wrote: post #350

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How to build the next Google: all good results these days are within communities, and Google search has become useless for most of these searches. So don't build a search engine: build a "rotten tomatoes for X" where the sources for each X are "the top N subreddits/communities/editorial-sites/forums for X". For example, supplements: examine.com, reddit /r/supplements /r/nootropics (long tail ones), wikipedia, etc. Th…

And then Google surfaces that data in their results so no one even needs to go to your site... https://theoutline.com/post/1399/how-google-ate-celebritynet...

Different problem because your value is in the index not the content.

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Post by tunesmith »

FrojoS wrote: post #317
tunesmith wrote: post #196

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We gave up on nonstick - we never found a good one that wasn't ruined within a year. With the right balance of a bit of olive oil and a bit of butter, I can fry and scramble eggs in my cast iron without it sticking.

No way. If you use a soft plastic or wood spoon it should last much longer than that. My 10 CHF frying pan is still good after 8 years.

What's CHF? I found a CHF pan company but I only saw cast iron.

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Post by loco5niner »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #342

Cool. I wish there were durable computers. E.g. I've got my Dell E5500 about a decade ago and still totally enjoy it. Since then I've just replaced the HDD with an SSD, replaced the RAM once and clean the fan every now and then (super easy!). It really seems built for ease of maintenance/upgrading as a top priority. Everything works perfectly. The only thing it can't do is modern 3D gaming (which I don't want). I'd d…

(As I look down and see E5540 on my laptop. Great device, going strong.)

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Post by nacs »

hubraumhugo wrote: post #381
julius wrote: post #28

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Good idea. Thanks for making that site. I am an asshole. I copy&pasted a fake 5 star review from Amazon, using a fake account. Do you have a plan to stop brands from doing this to you?

Fake reviews are certainly a big challenge. I introduced a credibility system for every user, similar to Reddit's karma so people can see how trustworthy the user is in the Buy For Life community. As mentioned by others, people trust reviews on Reddit, I try to achieve the same. I could also imagine picking reviewers by interviewing them initially - someone who owns and uses the product for a while.

> I introduced a credibility system for every user, similar to Reddit's karma so people can see how trustworthy the user is

But theres a problem with that: people create an account, build up their reputation for a while posting credible reviews then when they're large enough and have a good rep/trust, start taking money for their reviews.

A similar thing happens on Reddit -- people build up an account to have lots of karma (sometimes they're literally just bot accounts reposting tons of posts), build it up for a few months, then sell the whole account off for money after the account has 100s of thousands of upvotes/karma.

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