On: The world needs a non-profit search engine

[rocketbop]

Personally I don't ask my network or friends for options on such things because people tend to have a positive bias towards things we have invested money in.

Interestingly summarized on a Lifehacker some time ago. https://lifehacker.com/the-psychology-of-a-fanboy-why-you-ke...

I like my friends but I don't want to get my news or politics or shopping advice from them.

[amelius → rocketbop]

The question is: is that worse than the advice from marketeers?

[abenga → amelius]

Marketers' information would have a known bias that you can mentally correct for.