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		tokenadult on Feb 27, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Real People. Real Reviews. Real Extortion Scheme? It's always going to be best to get a personal recommendation than trusting reviews on the internet, for anything. This is precisely why many people expect social networks to play a larger and larger role in commerce.

axod on Feb 27, 2010 [–]

The problem with that is, social network 'friends' are usually pretty meaningless. They're certainly not usually people I'd trust to recommend anything.

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