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Recommending a product you haven't reviewed is a form of lying. Some of us value our integrity.
by mr_overalls 8y ago
Recommending a product you haven't reviewed is a form of lying. Some of us value our integrity.
- eevilspock 8y agoIsn’t this true of all advertising, except in the rare cases where the publisher only accepts ads for products they endorsed? How can we ever expect a reliable, non-garbage-dominate internet when it is funded by perverse incentives?
- lgas 8y agoThe distinction is that if I see a billboard (or magazine ad, or TV commercial) advertising a product I don't think that I have a relationship with the billboard and they know me pretty well and have my best interests at heart... so I don't think that if this particular billboard that knows me so well is promoting a product to me then it must be a pretty good product for me (especially because this billboard doesn't usually go out of their way to recommend products to me). But if a friend of mine recommends a product to me, well, I do think all of those things.
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- nobodyaccount 8y agoLiterally, nobody said to do that. Good lord, are you aware of nuance? You can make people aware of something that looks promising, without lying.
- mr_overalls 8y ago> You have a warped perspective of importance if you think giving the nod to a new mail app is some holy thing. You're taking a needlessly confrontational stance here with insulting language, and people are responding to that.