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Many of the blog posts found on Hacker News are ads in disguise. They are targeting people who block ads.
by gatherhunterer 7y ago
Many of the blog posts found on Hacker News are ads in disguise. They are targeting people who block ads.
- buboard 7y agoHow else will you grab the attention of people already locked into their networks and very resistant to change? Small startups dont have enormous budgets to pay google for it
- gatherhunterer 7y agoSubmit it as a “Show HN” or make the intent clear in the title instead of being duplicitous. Throwing money at the problem and being deceptive are not the only solutions.
- buboard 7y agotypically they are not wholly deceptive, or else they wouldnt get upvoted
- TeMPOraL 7y agoBlatant ads get flagged with impunity. There's a standard here - you can promote your stuff as long as it's genuinely useful and relevant in context. If this was the standard for advertising in general, we wouldn't have to have this discussion. See also: https://xkcd.com/810/ https://xkcd.com/810/.