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Sadly this is likely the truth. Advertising is a unique business model that relies on thinking up increasingly creative ways of tricking users. When linkbait no
by Lxr 10y ago
Sadly this is likely the truth. Advertising is a unique business model that relies on thinking up increasingly creative ways of tricking users. When linkbait no longer works, lie about the source.
- ethanbond 10y ago"Unique?" Bait and switch scams have existed since the dawn of time.
- mthoms 10y agoAnd all the scams revolve around pitching something that they aren't. Which is to say they require misleading "advertising" (or more generally - marketing).
- Lxr 10y agoI was more referring to the fact that any given form of advertising basically fails by default after a certain time when people adapt to ignore it. The business therefore relies on continuously coming up with new ways to sneak content in to people's heads.