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transcriptase 11 hours ago

Yep. Nowadays even if you try to do your research on something like a foam mattress/bed in a box… be aware that the same company owns virtually all the ranking and review sites as well as all of the dozen brands they’re pretending to compare. Even the old method of appending Reddit to search queries hasn’t returned genuine results for the last few years since companies know to use aged and otherwise organic looking accounts to subtly name drop themselves and reply in agreement throughout threads alongside keywords that will bring in google traffic and upweight their odds of LLM mention.

jfengel 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Mattress stores have been famously dubious since before the Web. I'm still not exactly sure why they're always going out of business but never actually go away. One near me has been having a bankruptcy sale for three decades.

blakblakarak 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Money laundering.

xnx 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Are mattress stores a good mechanism for that? I didn't think most of their transactions would be in cash.

VladVladikoff 20 minutes ago | parent [-]

The cash comes from criminal sources and is put on their books as mattress sales so they can deposit it and get it into the banking system.

tharmas 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Lol!

chrismorgan 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Also the reviews will be rigidly milquetoast, deferential nonsense, giving every product a participation award in a tailored category of its own, and refusing to ever call one superior to another, because the word “better” is so judgemental and might hurt someone’s feelings.

xnx 9 hours ago | parent [-]

> because the word “better” is so judgemental and might hurt someone’s feelings.

Being truly critical of any product would reduce their chances of getting merch, trips, and other gifts from brands.

transcriptase 7 hours ago | parent [-]

This becomes very apparent when a new game is given to big name streamers early to generate hype, and they’re visibly frustrated and hating the game while pretending it’s great and being careful not to say anything the publisher wouldn’t like.

VladVladikoff 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

As a side note on this, I’m a huge fan of pure latex mattresses. Just a solid slab of latex. Maybe a few slabs of different densities if you want to get fancy. I’m 4 years in on mine and it still holds up really well, no sag issues etc. if you’re in Canada there is MFC (memory comfort Canada) this is the cheapest place I could find, but there might be a better deal if you dig deep enough.

yojo 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Agree with this. I’m done with anything with springs.

Before bed in a box was a thing I built my own. 4” of high density foam base, 3” of med density latex, 2” of low density latex on top. I swapped out the top layer a few years back, but the core is still going strong ~14 years in, and it’s still my favorite bed I’ve slept on.

One tip is you’ll want some kind of cover for your latex, since long term exposure to air will cause it to degrade.

VladVladikoff 23 minutes ago | parent [-]

What sort of cover are you using for the air degradation issue?