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

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

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Post by stinos »

loughnane wrote: post #27

Cool project. How do you intend to keep ratings aligned with durability rather than “I bought this a few weeks ago and really like it so I’ll give it 5 stars!”?

Had roughly the same question - was actually a bit disappointed when seeing some products. There should be a reallybuyforyourwholelife.com :) I mean cast iron skillets are spot on, but I don't see most fridges, shoes or socks last a lifetime (though obviously there's going to be huge differences between brands and types in durability). Then realized it's hard to come up with a mechanism forcing users to really post only this particular 'last a lifetime' category. Except goodwill. Though on the other hand if the site gets used enough, the reviews sort it out automatically.

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

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Post by hubraumhugo »

creimers wrote: post #53

I have been meaning to develop the exact same thing (I was going to call it lastsforever.store), but just never found the time. Thanks for putting this out there. I'd say it's still a little rough on the edges, but should have potential. What I honestly dislike, however, is to see all the google tracking going on there... is that really necessary?

Thanks for your feedback. Google is just the easiest tracking to integrate, will consider a more privacy-friendly solution in the future.

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

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Post by rapind »

Looks great.

This is probably on your TODO list, but I wanted to make sure you were aware in case it isn't.

Your terms of service and privacy policy are:

a) Not linked to anywhere except the login screen in very small text. Seems to be part of Google sign in?

b) Clicking them goes nowhere. I suspect you setup Google login and didn't provide links to a terms / privacy screen.

If you're going to be collecting logins (maybe all you store is an email address?) you should probably throw something basic together. Kind of surprised Google doesn't require it when using their sign in.

I personally won't login / enter information on any website without knowing their terms of use and privacy policy.

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

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Post by Aachen »

0goel0 wrote: post #52

Previous: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23030451 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22804573 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22717494 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22523434 And more

The most recent of these is 5 months ago, that's fine to do a few times in my opinion (especially if the owner improved it!). Those four are submitted much closer together though (span of 2 months it seems), it shouldn't be a repetition of that now...

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

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Post by hubraumhugo »

rapind wrote: post #74

Looks great. This is probably on your TODO list, but I wanted to make sure you were aware in case it isn't. Your terms of service and privacy policy are: a) Not linked to anywhere except the login screen in very small text. Seems to be part of Google sign in? b) Clicking them goes nowhere. I suspect you setup Google login and didn't provide links to a terms / privacy screen. If you're going to be collecting logins (m…

You are right, I totally forgot to add ToS and privacy policy. It's still an early prototype, but I will definitely fix that soon and give this task the required priority!

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

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Post by ghaff »

aidos wrote: post #66
redshirtrob wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love this idea. I own a couple of items on the list now (Le Creuset Dutch Oven, and Kitchenaid Mixer) and I can attest to their durability. I think your idea of cost per month is good for things you use often. One thing I've been thinking about lately as I've undertaken a medium-sized kitchen renovation is the cost of ownership of tools. Since I'm not a professional I can't take a cost per month approach since I ma…

The batteries absolutely fail before the tools do. As long as you stick to a range (for me, Makita Lxt) you’ll just need a few working batteries between all your tools as a diyer. At least that’s what I’ve found. They slowly fall apart, but you still get fairly good value from them. I started “collecting” tools a year ago and my first batteries are starting to go now. They’re actually still plenty good enough good en…

Yes. Sometimes a manufacturer will switch battery types but I've seen this more with real consumer grade products than prosumer/pro ones. (Have a couple Black and Decker products I've had to throw out because batteries died and couldn't get replacements even online.)

But it's pretty much a given that anything like a cordless drill will have the batteries give out long before (and even multiple times) before you need to replace the tool itself. Batteries are consumables in any mis- to high-end product with a long lifetime, like it or not. (Same with cameras.)

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

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Post by 0xffff2 »

msluyter wrote: post #62
julius wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

This was the first question that occurred to me. Just a couple of days ago I needed to buy another iphone USB-lightning cable. If you want to get a sense of just how broken Amazon reviews are, try searching for one of these. It's a nightmare minefield of 4.7+ rated products that have these highly dubious 5 star ratings, but with a telltale sizeable chunk of recent 1 star reviews.[1] So I ended up having to also check…

Positive reviews are noise for me on any product. For products I don't care enough about to do independent research, I evaluate them exclusively by reading 1 and 2 star reviews, ignoring the additional noise of "the product didn't ship on time" type reviews, and deciding if the specific complaints made in the rest are things I care about.
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