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

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.

I don't write TripAdvisor or Amazon reviews, but they can inform my choices (both +ve & -ve) if I'm considering a purchase.

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

But for most tech stuff: Twitter.

Twitter, if it's of a broad interest, or aim, if it's of a specific interest to 1-2 friends.

Email.