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This reminds me of radio advertising on AM/FM - the personalities will frequently discuss how they've used the Service Provider X and you should too! They've re
by 6stringmerc 11y ago
This reminds me of radio advertising on AM/FM - the personalities will frequently discuss how they've used the Service Provider X and you should too! They've received compensation. They're in the business of entertainment, yet are "breaking the fourth wall" to advertise.
I think I need to clarify a bit more though: Sometimes stupid people can be the loudest voice, as in, anti-vaccine folks who cite discredited science and refuse to back down. A more specific instance is when I worked retail - a guy bought his son a Nirvana CD, this one:
http://images.weltrecords.de/img/cover/000/000/827/000000827012.jpg http://images.weltrecords.de/img/cover/000/000/827/000000827...
He came in with a head of steam at me, mad because he couldn't returned the opened disc, and said, "This is garbage, it sounds like a bunch of home demos!" But that's exactly what the CD was, a collection of demos being offered to people who were interested in such things. He wanted to give it 1 star, essentially, for it being exactly what it was supposed to be. That's...bullshit. But that's an example of how yeah, people might read the review and not find it helpful, but this is how an erroneous opinion is spread. Should moderating that be the role of the platform like Amazon?
For the record, I told him "Yes, that's what that CD is, and while you can't return it, you can probably sell it to a used CD store in your area and get a few bucks back. Here's the CD you want."
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1FEoCdDUmoE/TQ8Gz27WulI/AAAAAAAAAus/ALRdEKdy9AI/s1600/68116998.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1FEoCdDUmoE/TQ8Gz27WulI/AAAAAAAAAu...
Note: Edited due to accusations of shilling, now just images for your reference. Tough crowd.
- foob 11y agoAre the referral links really necessary in this context? The fact that you don't even mention the CD names makes this feel like click bait for Amazon referrals.
- 6stringmerc 11y agoHaha wow, well, I guess if you want to see it that way. I can edit it to just show the graphics of the CD covers, so I'll do that. I seriously was not trying to plug anything, just, you know, give a citation for context. I'll fix it tout de suite.
- Frondo 11y agoBet you anything this is what the next round of paid Fiverr reviews will look like.
- 6stringmerc 11y agoOkay Cowboy, it's a bet. I'll bet you my HackerNews account against yours that not only do I not have a Fiverr account, but that you'll never see a shill with the wordsmith skills that I have, only trying to use examples as part of a story because a website won't allow in-line graphics to be posted. Taps foot in 7/8