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I sometimes think that the _core_ reason companies like this take advantage of people is because people don't usually care enough to do anything about it; in ot
by eblanshey 8y ago
I sometimes think that the _core_ reason companies like this take advantage of people is because people don't usually care enough to do anything about it; in other words, to care enough to help _other_ people out. I envision that in the future there will some kind of easy to use "web of trust" that people will look up before deciding to do business w/ someone. Review sites like Yelp/Facebook are just the start of this concept but I think it could eventually turn into something more robust.
- andromedavision 8y agocare_enough_to_explain_the_weird_underscores?
- voltagex_ 8y agoOlder way of showing bold or italics.
- will_pseudonym 8y agoIt's also how _Markdown_ shows italics.
- simula67 8y agoHN already has italics. It shows up "like this" if you use asterisks
- ruffrey 8y agoMarkdown italics maybe.
- AnaniasAnanas 8y agoConsider the word that has it around to be underlined.
- PavlovsCat 8y agoEmployees get incentivized to upsell customers, and some just run with it gleefully. If they were paid by the hour regardless, and actually chewed out pushing things on people they don't need, things would be very different, but the fish stinks from the head. I once worked in a call center for a shitty ISP for a little while, based on that one sample, I say the core reason for these shennanigans is solely to be found in corporate sociopathy, that is, the kind of people that attracts and who climb those ladders. They grin from ear to ear so much, they know exactly what they're doing. And wherever you find people who exploit customers you will also find people hating customers, since they project their own evil. It's gotta go somewhere and looking into the mirror is not an option for them.