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The tl;dr summary should also have addressed the forced and cringe-worthy name-dropping of internet memes of the past few years, that is in the beginning of the
by haasted 16y ago
The tl;dr summary should also have addressed the forced and cringe-worthy name-dropping of internet memes of the past few years, that is in the beginning of the reply.
It actually comes across as a bit condescending: "Let's show them that we know their community by mentioning the Star Wars Kid and Stephen Colbert."
- aerique 16y agoAgreed, that was awful. It's as if the answers had been rewritten by a committee of marketroids in some lame attempt to connect with the audience. I recently ended up on some Microsoft guy's blog that was also in this style. Apart from that it was interesting but annoying to read.
- Scriptor 16y agoI've never taken a marketing course, but it kinda felt like that was part of some general template. The first part is <attempt to relate to audience with inside jokes> followed by the rest of the stuff. Of course, this backfired spectacularly for them.
- Scriptor 16y agoI've never taken a marketing course, but it kinda felt like that was part of some general template. The first part is <attempt to relate to audience with inside jokes> followed by the rest of the stuff. Of course, this backfired spectacularly for them.