I've actually thought about making a community like that... It's one of the specific areas that Reddit still has an advantage.
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Do you have any specific examples that come to mind? Maybe we can take those good examples and implement them here instead, and possibly even do it better. I feel like product reviews are something that could be a useful addition to the fediverse. I'm hesitant though because it seems like it could easily develope into a commercial type of thing, which I don't think anybody wants here.
I'm kind of going back and forth on it a bit.
Sure. I recently bought an electric portable fabric cleaner (e.g. spot cleaner for carpets). I needed to see reviews between different brands such as Bissell, Shark, and what have you. Of course, Amazon has these reviews but they are often astroturfed (and that's the case on Reddit too, but less so one hopes).
So basically, making a big purchase like that is important and I want to due my diligence. I really like the idea of posting BAD reviews in buyitforlife. i.e. don't buy it for life content. Not sure if that content is allowed there.
That is a fantastic community, but I'm not sure it fits what I'm talking about because it's kind of specific to exclusive products that are meant to last. I'm imagining something that's covers a more broad range of products. Stipulations might include things like:
-reviews
-design speculation
-improvements
-collaboration
-development
-creation
-also, no sponsored/commercialized products!
(development and creation are super ambitious, but I'd like to include them just because)
I'm very analytical about product design, especially when it comes to electronics and technology, and I like to imagine ways that things could work better or be designed better. I just think it would be cool to have a place to discuss things like that. I also feel like it can be difficult to trust reviews that come from one source, so having a federated collection to start building might be a really useful resource.