In this day and age, cynicism is probably a valuable trait. However when I need a recommendation (and in the past 2 years since we've lived here, we've gotten many), i search this site. Invariably I will see recommendations from people I trust. Who/why do I trust them? Well just from reading the posts, one learns who to trust, who is respected, etc etc. And these are people with a long history on TOTV -- both in terms of time and number/quality of posts.
I agree with you though, I too would be skeptical if a contractor recommendation was the only post the person made.
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