interfluidity,
@interfluidity@zirk.us avatar

For learning about products, Mastodon "word of mouth" seems very definitely superior to search and reviews in the usual (far from credible) places.

Asking about travel laptop backpacks, I learned about, got feedback on the following brands that did not appear prominently when Googling (or Kagi-ing or Amazon-ing) laptop backpacks generically:

Jandd
Nomatic
Osprey
Quechua
Rickshaw
Tom Bihn
Tatonka

Also Targus, which does show up more easily. Plus, I got a kind offer of an extra!

trochee, (edited )
@trochee@dair-community.social avatar

@interfluidity

Just this morning I mentioned that I wanted a replacement for my electric car and got three excellent suggestions, each personal recommendations.

(here: https://dair-community.social/@trochee/112423349913988299 )

Googling for a high value purchase is a nightmare of SEO and generated content

interfluidity,
@interfluidity@zirk.us avatar

@trochee it’s weird how instantly we’ve transitioned from Google organizing the whole world’s information to a kind of premodern only word-of-mouth can be trusted.

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