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The trick itself isn't very shitty, but some of the mentality is: "Our team obsessed with finding ways to get individual high schools to adopt a product simult
by saudioger 8y ago
The trick itself isn't very shitty, but some of the mentality is:
"Our team obsessed with finding ways to get individual high schools to adopt a product simultaneously."
Seriously? getting a bunch of kids to adopt a product is what you want to obsess about? How about helping companies make a product that's not shit so you don't have to trick kids into using it.
- lysp 8y agoGetting large groups of people to join a new social app is very tricky. Take a dating app/site for example. You join - there's 2 people on the platform and they are no where near your location. People leave and the product fails. Start a social media app/site that doesn't have the backing of a large company and large media/news advertising - you join, no one is there. People leave and the product fails. Start an app like instagram where you can upload all your photos. The bulk joining doesn't matter as much, as the social aspect is not the primary purpose and that can come later. Product can grow and the "social" aspect can develop over time.
- amf12 8y agoTo be fair, all the toys/consoles have been similarly marketed to a bunch of kids (for example during after school hours) for a long time without anyone getting pissed off. It's just marketing. This doesn't really seem like a "psychological" trick to me.
- saudioger 8y agoToys are marketed so you buy something that's (hopefully) fun. Apps are marketed and given away for free to collect data on how to influence children. In many cases they're designed to be habit forming or addicting.