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Would you pay 100 usd to get on the front page of HN and who knows what other popular sites? Maybe it's just a marketing stunt
by anaolykarpov 10y ago
Would you pay 100 usd to get on the front page of HN and who knows what other popular sites?
Maybe it's just a marketing stunt
- rbobby 10y agoEven more clever...
- CiPHPerCoder 10y agoWhat exactly could DefuseSec be marketing here? Disclosure: He and I have been friends for years.
- nickpsecurity 10y agoAdvertising is always about grabbing attention. The more impressions, the more odds of sales or uptake. It's a legit consideration anytime some stunt happens in public spreading on media or social networks. Not that I think that has anything to do with this. Looks more like normal goofing around by security or hacking folks. If anything, he looses money or precious beer from it.
- anaolykarpov 10y agoHe could market himself and his site in order to increase his self branding. Even if it is a marketing stunt, it is a nice one.
- CiPHPerCoder 10y agoTaylor (@DefuseSec) is one of the organizers of the Underhanded Crypto Contest at DEFCON; it started as an open invitation to try to social engineer him so he can improve himself. It wasn't a marketing stunt, at all.
- jsemrau 10y agoI always wonder why in general there is such a distrust / avoidance of marketing in tech communities.
- CiPHPerCoder 10y agoI can't speak for others, but I see marketing as manipulation and I see manipulation as a dehumanizing act that robs humans of their own agency.
- emerongi 10y agoWhy would you have to pay anything? Have a friend tweet the response.