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Posted by Daly de Gagne
Jan 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Satis, whether you agree with the statement I made which you quote that “he is among ‘these influencers’ who often seem to be fans of whatever app they are writing about at the moment” is essentially immaterial. I do not agree that he is such an influencer. But the fact is that in comments others have made such a statement whether you agree with it or not - notice I use the word “seem”. I was quoting the statement to illustrate the risk that honest, objectivere viewers face, I do not think it applies to him.
However, if you read what I wrote about “he does make it sound at times as though he is using that app” you miss my point that I, in fact, was deliberately differentiating him from others who “often seem to be fans of whatever app they are writing about at the moment.”
I also wrote: “I generally like his reviews, and think he tries to present an honest opinion in an objective way.”
To reiterate: As I clearly wrote that “is different from the notion of those who “often seem to be fans….” In reality, that is a risk that reviewers face. In fact, to do what he does he has to use the software he reviews, and if he has used it enough to make it sound as though he was using it so that he can speak with some authority that points to his integrity on which we both agree.
The notion of a “deep” user in your reply to me is not something I was suggesting.
I think we agree more than you realize, and that you missed the the subtley of what I was saying.
Daly
satis wrote:
Saying “[c]ommenting about them he does make it sound at times as though
>he is using that app, rather than simply writing from the perspective of
>trying it long enough to be able to review it” is different from the.
>original statement that he is among “these influencers” who “often seem
>to be fans of whatever app they are writing about at the moment.” Those
>are different claims. And I’m afraid I disagree with both contentions.
>His channel looks at numerous apps and I do not see him imply that he’s
>a deep user of anything but those apps he actually uses, or that he’s a
>fan if whatever app he’s discussing.