Friendly reminder: Pre-orders are a metric guaging support (Destiny)

by Harmanimus , Friday, March 31, 2017, 16:24 (2576 days ago) @ Kahzgul

Everything has bias. The consumer has bias, as does the developer, publisher, advertiser, reviewer. The beauty and the terror of everyone being individuals leads to the fact that you can't lean too hard in one direction and seem legitimate. Regardless of how legitimate those actions are.

Back when I used to have to work sales jobs I had a hard time selling products I couldn't find value for the customer in. But things I already knew the value were easy to sell. Rarely are advertisers lying to you, and it is usually really easy to tell. Just like you have stated paid reviews are easy to identify. How your personal biases interpret their message is going to lead to different feelings about the advertising and the value you place on their message.

I don't trust a lot of critics because my experiences are different. But most advertising campaigns (as I acknowledge them as advertising) don't lead to me feeling deceived.