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Manipulation (aka advertising/PR/marketing) techniques 101. Showing pictures of happy faces makes the audience (not you in particular, but the average reader)
by harshreality 11y ago
Manipulation (aka advertising/PR/marketing) techniques 101. Showing pictures of happy faces makes the audience (not you in particular, but the average reader) have more positive feelings about the announcement. There's no other plausible reason for using a row of random smiley faces as a page separator in an announcement like this.
- noja 11y agoIt makes me distance myself from the brand and distrust it.
- TheLogothete 11y agoAdvertising/PR and marketing are not the same thing.
- witty_username 11y agoBut in this case they overdid it, and now it feels a bit like a scam/domain hijacked website with tons of stock photos. I might not have noticed a single row, but it has 4 rows!