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  1. Comment on In the market for new bluetooth headphones, suggestions? in ~tech

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    I'm not qualified to give recommendations on specific models or brands tbh, but I can recommend rtings for reviews and comparisons. I've used their reviews for many big purchases.

    I'm not qualified to give recommendations on specific models or brands tbh, but I can recommend rtings for reviews and comparisons. I've used their reviews for many big purchases.

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  2. Comment on What gaming rumor just won't die? in ~games

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    Oh god yeah. Gotta love the "disable xyz service and make your pagefile 500 gb, it got rid of stuttering!" placebo posts, lol.

    Oh god yeah. Gotta love the "disable xyz service and make your pagefile 500 gb, it got rid of stuttering!" placebo posts, lol.

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  3. Comment on Confused, uncool, and nowhere to scroll: The internet has become hostile for millennials like me in ~tech

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    I know this is an ancient comment, but I want to chime in and say the astroturfing has been a thing for a long time. /r/Hailcorporate was pretty popular a good number of years ago, and called out...

    I know this is an ancient comment, but I want to chime in and say the astroturfing has been a thing for a long time. /r/Hailcorporate was pretty popular a good number of years ago, and called out shills masquerading as normal users. People would call an astroturfing OP out on it in the comments, but it tended to get buried. There were ad accounts everywhere, they were just more covert tbh.

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  4. Comment on Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts in ~tech

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    I have been using a paid search engine for about 6 months now. It's really small and doesn't have many users, but I don't think I could go back to Google for any length of time at this point. I...

    I have been using a paid search engine for about 6 months now. It's really small and doesn't have many users, but I don't think I could go back to Google for any length of time at this point.

    I was super put off by paying for a search engine at first, but I was desperate tbh. I found the other alternatives to be just as bad as Google in different ways. It's nice to search something, and not have Google show me a bunch of stuff it wants me to see...instead of what I searched for.

    My breaking point was when I started getting ai written copy/paste articles for almost every tech related search I made. It felt like 90% of the internet just disappeared and I could only access "Download DriverHelp4u" sites.

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