... mattopmistro): I do my best to just evaluate on my own without relying on reviews. Look at their website, look at the LinkedIn profiles of the founders, see how 'legit' they are across social media platforms, & look up competitors to do side by side. My first job was at Gartner on the high-tech team, so I kind of put those lenses back on. Usually those steps do the trick to gut-check if it's worth investing time ... ... just reviewing products or an actual practitioner? I eliminate the first category and only lean on the second. But the thing is: it's evaluating the totality of everything I mentioned. Their website, their linkedIn, their socials, their competitors

... Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @cogentleman  Which social media did you scan? IG? :D Comment from Muhammad Bilal Jack(@muhammad_bilal_jack): Favorite every sites for reviews include Amazon Yelp (restaurants), Rotten Tomatoes (movies), TripAdvisor (travel), and Wirecutter . Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): I am primarily on social media, so I used to focus on this area and used https://roast.monica.im/i Also, there was a tool for roasting Bluesky profiles: https://blueskyroast.com/ Comment from Jamie Ogundiran ... ... jamie_ogundiran): Reddit seems pretty genuine imo Comment from Jack Qasim(@jack_qasim): Reddit, Trustpilot, Google Reviews Yelp, and Wirecutter