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If true, it makes a very amusing reversal from the usual story. Rather than peddling their wares to suckers, the placers of the ads have themselves been suckere
by wool_gather 8y ago
If true, it makes a very amusing reversal from the usual story. Rather than peddling their wares to suckers, the placers of the ads have themselves been suckered into buying a product that doesn't work as advertised!
- rossdavidh 8y agoThe rumor is that both the Cruz campaign and the Trump campaign found Cambridge Analytics' products to not work as advertised.
- pjc50 8y agoThe SNP had an introduction to them, and the delegate reported back exactly that: not trustworthy and not a good idea to work with.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoThe more you think of it, the more it seems to be totally expected. It's the advertising industry we're talking about. They're not exactly a paragon of honesty. On the contrary, I suspect everyone tries to bullshit everyone else. The few observations I made from working next to people in marketing & advertising supports that viewpoint. EDIT: reminds me of that one story about A/B testing, which pretty much directly told us how adtech companies are bullshitting their own customers. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10872359 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10872359 I highlighted the more interesting parts back then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10873226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10873226.