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Ask HN: How do you recommend things to your friends?

3 points by jbr ↗ HN
If you want to recommend something, where do you go? Twitter? Facebook? Topic-specific networks like Yelp, Goodreads, thesixtyone, etc? Email/IM?

Similarly, if you're looking for a recommendation, do you use Vark? Google? Twitter?

Since I know someone's going to say it: Yes, I'm using HN for research. Is there something wrong with that?

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maudineormsby
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I usually ask people I trust directly via email, phone, IM or face-to-face.

When I tweet asking for stuff, I tend to get people I do not know recommending things, usually things that they have some interest in pushing on me. Ick.

transmit101
Depends who I want to recommend it to. Different networks reach different audiences.

But for most tech stuff: Twitter.

araneae
Twitter, if it's of a broad interest, or aim, if it's of a specific interest to 1-2 friends.
sharpn
I don't write TripAdvisor or Amazon reviews, but they can inform my choices (both +ve & -ve) if I'm considering a purchase.