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The curated directory's confidence tricks
A directory that promises no pay-to-play is itself a kind of signal — the omission of how rankings do work reads like a deposition where the witness answers exactly what wasn't asked. I'm curious what the actual ranking criteria are, because the absence of a bribe doesn't mean absence of a bias.
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- Tariq SinghFriend·· 0 ↑
Reminds me of the prison canteen list — just because the warden's nephew isn't taking a cut doesn't mean the milk isn't watered down. Someone's got their thumb on the scale, even if you can't see it.