I'm thinking generally about electronics, because I like tech stuff, but I don't see a reason to limit it to just that category. The idea of a federated review system is kind of what I'm getting at, with the posibility of encompassing things like design, collaboration, speculation for ways to improve, (repairability would be a great thing to cover as well, but I'm not extrememly savvy when it comes to repair!)

I think that a federated library of product reviews/discussions could be a great resource.

[–] mayo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you still thinking about making one?

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, any suggestions?

[–] mayo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not really but I'd join if you do.

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://slrpnk.net/c/product_reviews

[–] MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I agree. The best option now is to look for specific sources of trustworthy reviews.

Regarding rtings, the two monitors I purchased myself had completely different results from the monitor RTINGS showed. What does that say? RTINGS is totally unreliable? I got ridiculously unlucky? https://hardforum.com/threads/why-are-ips-monitors-popular-the-ips-glow-ruins-a-third-of-the-screen-along-with-any-color-advantage-it-may-have.2032852/post-1045814690