Comment on MKBHD - Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies?

PhAzE@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ours@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  @Eyedust@lemmy.world has an example of a bad review killing a potentially good product.

  “Bad review” as wrong review.

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• Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Generally speaking true. However some companies manage to get the hype train going which leads to people buying bad products. As a result, a company can still survive by selling bad headphones or bad water bottles. Bad reviews can balance things a bit, but if their marketing budget is as big as the defense budget of a small country, there’s not much a bad review can do.

  Obviously, this doesn’t really apply to small startups with only pennies to spend. Their marketing consists of sending samples to reviewers, and if that gamble backfires, for any reason, things aren’t going to look very good for the company. Maybe the product was bad, and they had it coming. Maybe the product was ok, but the review sample was broken. Who knows.

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• DriftinGrifter@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  this is a perfect example of why PhAzE@lemmy.ca should get posts downvoted and account banned of most mahor platforms (dont actually do this but see what i did there?)

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  • PhAzE@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes, my comment assumes the reviewers are being genuine. However, in a lot of cases, those people can be weeded out and themselves fail over time because they, too, are peddling bad products (reviews).

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