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Protagonist shames people who work in marketing, calls them bottom feeders, low skill workers and spammers. Protagonist’s product offers ‘marketing emails’ serv

by xkcd1963 7y ago

Protagonist shames people who work in marketing, calls them bottom feeders, low skill workers and spammers. Protagonist’s product offers ‘marketing emails’ service

4ntonius8lock 7y ago
I'll add to that: Protagonist is trying to make money selling email marketing services. It isn't working. He wants to make money (it's not a charity) There are millions of dollars per month to be made in ranking #1 for Mortgages. Protagonist says it is easy. Protagonist isn't making the money that would bring in. But it's easy. That it takes no skill. But he can't make the monies. Why this article is upvoted is very odd. The article does bring up an interesting topic, there are issues with the incentives SEO places. Just like the incentives that directories placed, anyone remember AAAA Plumbing Services? Or before that, with paying writers per word/line (I'm looking at you books from the 1800s) Aligning incentives is hard. And it's interesting. But the arrogance of the person who wrote the article is amazing, not to mention the cognitive dissonance he must experience. I personally couldn't get over that to really appreciate the larger topic being covered.
pixl97 7y ago
Well, protagonist isn't wrong... they just also happen to be a bottom feeder too.
ndarwincorn 7y ago
I noticed that too and am shocked this comment isn't at the top. Related, I'd find an attempt to measure the amount of waste in SEO blogspam and email spam/ham very interesting. I.e. who gets the real landfill designation.
Nicksil 7y ago
Does that make their point(s) any less valid?
Yoofie 7y ago
It takes one to know one?
el_dev_hell 7y ago
> Protagonist shames people who work in marketing, calls them bottom feeders, low skill workers and spammers True. > Protagonist’s product offers ‘marketing emails’ service Also true. Would you be happier if the protagonist was an entomologist or truck driver?
- rchaud 7y ago
  A truck driver's indignation would at least be understandable, but you have to assume that an email blast service has some knowledge about how the sausage of online marketing is made.
whytaka 7y ago
There's a bit of a difference between talking to people who have asked to hear from you and obfuscating the way people find information by creating noise.

Protagonist shames people who work in marketing, calls them bottom feeders, low skill workers and spammers. Protagonist’s product offers ‘marketing emails’ service

4ntonius8lock 7y ago

I'll add to that: Protagonist is trying to make money selling email marketing services. It isn't working. He wants to make money (it's not a charity) There are millions of dollars per month to be made in ranking #1 for Mortgages. Protagonist says it is easy. Protagonist isn't making the money that would bring in. But it's easy. That it takes no skill. But he can't make the monies. Why this article is upvoted is very odd. The article does bring up an interesting topic, there are issues with the incentives SEO places. Just like the incentives that directories placed, anyone remember AAAA Plumbing Services? Or before that, with paying writers per word/line (I'm looking at you books from the 1800s) Aligning incentives is hard. And it's interesting. But the arrogance of the person who wrote the article is amazing, not to mention the cognitive dissonance he must experience. I personally couldn't get over that to really appreciate the larger topic being covered.

pixl97 7y ago

Well, protagonist isn't wrong... they just also happen to be a bottom feeder too.

ndarwincorn 7y ago

I noticed that too and am shocked this comment isn't at the top. Related, I'd find an attempt to measure the amount of waste in SEO blogspam and email spam/ham very interesting. I.e. who gets the real landfill designation.

Nicksil 7y ago

Does that make their point(s) any less valid?

Yoofie 7y ago

It takes one to know one?

el_dev_hell 7y ago

> Protagonist shames people who work in marketing, calls them bottom feeders, low skill workers and spammers True. > Protagonist’s product offers ‘marketing emails’ service Also true. Would you be happier if the protagonist was an entomologist or truck driver?

rchaud 7y ago
A truck driver's indignation would at least be understandable, but you have to assume that an email blast service has some knowledge about how the sausage of online marketing is made.

whytaka 7y ago

There's a bit of a difference between talking to people who have asked to hear from you and obfuscating the way people find information by creating noise.