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MKBHD, Fisker, and "the worst car ever reviewed"

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Now it is probably too late - but yes - before the review - carefully manage, pamper, and pay.

I disagree, I prefer when reviews are not bought and paid for. Whenever I find out a reviewer is doing paid reviews I know to disregard everything they say because objectivity is gone.

That is the trick of tech influencers; they pretend they are not getting paid. But they are.

Re: MKBHD, Fisker, and "the worst car ever reviewed"

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post #4

He called it "the worst car I've ever reviewed" How many cars have he reviewed? I thought he mostly reviewed smartphones.

42 videos on his car review channel plus 13 videos on his main channel (a few might be crossposted) plus a couple tesla reviews from several years earlier than the others.

So 50+.

Re: MKBHD, Fisker, and "the worst car ever reviewed"

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Granted Fisker seems to be run by amateurs but high-impact social media influencers like MKBHD need to be carefully managed, pampered, and yes, probably paid.

Recommend listening to the segment on the Waveform podcast about it - they say Fisker was weird from the get go, they asked for a loaner vehicle to review and Fisker kept trying to offer them money (that they didn’t want).

Fisker should have hired someone who knows how to handle this stuff.

Re: MKBHD, Fisker, and "the worst car ever reviewed"

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Granted Fisker seems to be run by amateurs but high-impact social media influencers like MKBHD need to be carefully managed, pampered, and yes, probably paid.

Marques Brownlee is a professional. Good product reviewers don’t accept money for good reviews.

Re: MKBHD, Fisker, and "the worst car ever reviewed"

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post #4

He called it "the worst car I've ever reviewed" How many cars have he reviewed? I thought he mostly reviewed smartphones.

He has a car review channel now where he most (exclusively?!) reviews EVs.

He switched to a 911 recently so it's not all EVs

Re: MKBHD, Fisker, and "the worst car ever reviewed"

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post #15

Granted Fisker seems to be run by amateurs but high-impact social media influencers like MKBHD need to be carefully managed, pampered, and yes, probably paid.

Marques Brownlee is a professional. Good product reviewers don’t accept money for good reviews.

A professional is someone who gets paid for his work.

Re: MKBHD, Fisker, and "the worst car ever reviewed"

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Marques Brownlee is a professional. Good product reviewers don’t accept money for good reviews.

A professional is someone who gets paid for his work.

Not by the people making the products they’re reviewing. Marques Brownlee runs an extremely popular YouTube channel; his money comes from YouTube ads and subscriptions and his reputation is everything just like any other product reviewer.

Re: MKBHD, Fisker, and "the worst car ever reviewed"

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree, I prefer when reviews are not bought and paid for. Whenever I find out a reviewer is doing paid reviews I know to disregard everything they say because objectivity is gone.

That is the trick of tech influencers; they pretend they are not getting paid. But they are.

Why would they, if they can profit more from delivering a review that is not aligned with the manufacturer? Case in point.
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