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Isn’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
by eevilspock 8y ago
Isn’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.