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Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables that don't work

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Re: Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables that don't work

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…And on ones that do. Looks very useful for weeding out actual quality from the muddle. Would love to see someone doing this kind of work with other types of cables, too.

Clearly shows the need for a reputation system, not locked into 1 company. Reviews need sharing.

Re: Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables that don't work

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…And on ones that do. Looks very useful for weeding out actual quality from the muddle. Would love to see someone doing this kind of work with other types of cables, too.

Clearly shows the need for a reputation system, not locked into 1 company. Reviews need sharing.

Reviews also need massive amounts of human and computer moderation, and that's not cheap.

Re: Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables that don't work

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…And on ones that do. Looks very useful for weeding out actual quality from the muddle. Would love to see someone doing this kind of work with other types of cables, too.

Reading the headline, it sounded like astroturfing. Instead, he's being helpful and providing some very useful information from his experience as an engineer from google itself. What a thoughful fellow!

Re: Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables that don't work

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…And on ones that do. Looks very useful for weeding out actual quality from the muddle. Would love to see someone doing this kind of work with other types of cables, too.

Reading the headline, it sounded like astroturfing. Instead, he's being helpful and providing some very useful information from his experience as an engineer from google itself. What a thoughful fellow!

From a engineering point-of-view, he's saving himself a lot of product support headaches down the road when people try using bogus cables and then contacting Google when they fail to operate (or, worse, destroy the hardware under warranty)

Re: Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables that don't work

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…And on ones that do. Looks very useful for weeding out actual quality from the muddle. Would love to see someone doing this kind of work with other types of cables, too.

Clearly shows the need for a reputation system, not locked into 1 company. Reviews need sharing.

Sounds like a Y-Combinator startup waiting to happen.
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