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I would guess most people on HN know about this PR technique, no need to point it out every time you see it. For myself I enjoyed the article. I didn't know th
by fwdpropaganda 9y ago
I would guess most people on HN know about this PR technique, no need to point it out every time you see it.
For myself I enjoyed the article. I didn't know the right to be forgotten wasn't in place in the US.
- toxicFork 9y agoI disagree: it is very helpful to point it out every time it's seen so that the readers will get educated, or reminded to remain critical.
- verylittlemeat 9y agoIt should be pointed out every time to the point where HN should even include a tag on articles that are confirmed PR. Allowing these "advertisement as a story" posts to stand may already be normalized but it doesn't have to continue to be.
- fwdpropaganda 9y agoI agree that you have a point. But on the other hand, the cynical in me says that in a sense all articles are like that. Part of these articles are a plug for some startup's PR, part are a techie writing about his hobby because that builds his name and maybe lands him a client, part are big newspapers that need the traffic to sell advertising, some authors write because they want to push their ideological point of view, firms write about the latest bug because they sell security services and expect to win a contract, etc. In a sense no one writes articles expecting nothing in return.