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> Early on in my thinking about our mission, I traveled to India and was inspired by the humanity, spirit and values of the people. It solidified my understandi
by lhnz 11y ago
> Early on in my thinking about our mission, I traveled to India and was inspired by the humanity, spirit and values of the people. It solidified my understanding that when all people have the power to share their experiences, the entire world will make progress.
This is a great example of how virtue signalling can be a great way of promoting your brand to young progressives.
In 2016, what better example of 'humanity', 'spirit' and the 'values of people' is there than the inspirational social network, Facebook?
- ashark 11y ago> This is a great example of how virtue signalling can be a great way of promoting your brand to young progressives. I'm not up on, ah, promoting one's brand by way of virtue signaling, but is this a great example? It reads like something out of a bad college application essay.
- lhnz 11y ago'Great example' as in representative, not as in exemplary. I find attempts to financially capitalise on looking Good gross and wanted to draw attention to it. Zuckerberg does it quite often but he's not the only one.
- ashark 11y agoAh, OK. That's a relief. Thanks for the clarification. Given the kinds of to-me-awful marketing/ad copy I've seen praised before I really wasn't sure.