Maybe part of the solution should be to change how we talk about products or make recommendations. Such as describing what to look for in a product instead of the product itself.

Make the bots more obvious

Reddit’s blocking feature is probably the dumbest I’ve ever seen

“u/Cockgoblin45” 💀

Not quite the same thing but I always worry people think I’m shilling when I talk positively about a product.

“What do you mean? There these are literally the same!” - Pigboy