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I can't tell the difference between this and a spammy review site just for affiliate links. He's paraphrasing the main points in amazon reviews in a short paragraph and putting a link at the bottom. I don't really see what I gain from this vs just looking at popular products on amazon directly.

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I weed out the products that have excessive fake reviews, above-average prices and some other interesting "tells" that I've discovered (e.g. the 4-star reviews are amended 1-star reviews that have been changed because the customer received a replacement product).

Thanks for the reply. I do see how you could have honed a knack for picking out particular tells like those, that knowledge isn't going to be immediately obvious to most consumers.

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