| ▲ | sph 2 hours ago | |
> It's hard to express, but it seems the best way to sus-out who is a shill and who's authentic is by comparing across reviews for a product. Brandolini’s law strikes again: you really have to pay attention to catch a shill. 99% of the time when you’re not paying attention and intentionally shopping for a particular product is when they get you. | ||
| ▲ | cogman10 an hour ago | parent [-] | |
Yeah, really does not help that the internet seems to be built from the ground up to reward shilling. Click on a shill video in youtube and you'll have 20 identical videos on the same topic. But also, advertisers are smart and you have to assume they know you are on the lookout for a shill. I have to assume the why shilling works will continue to evolve as the way to detect shilling evolves. I expect we'll end up with something like this in the future [1]. | ||