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I am amused that yesterday a top HN story was about the demise of internet advertising and the associated HN comments trend towards agreeing that ads are not ef
by aresant 16y ago
I am amused that yesterday a top HN story was about the demise of internet advertising and the associated HN comments trend towards agreeing that ads are not effective:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2098301 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2098301 and http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2101163 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2101163
Then today the top story is poking fun of "advertising words" which is an intellectualized kick in the face to the techniques that marketers use to draw you in.
And yet meanwhile we're all discussing for the 5th time the WSJ linkbait article on "Chinese Mothers" that exists for the sole purpose of promoting Amy Chao's book the "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" from which WSJ's original article was copy and pasted.
She arrived at #6 on Amazon's top sellers today.
- krschultz 16y agoLots of articles have linkbait titles and promote books. Few resonate on here. That article resonated on here becuase a lot of people on the site are intimatedly familar with pros & cons of the style of mothership described in the book. I don't really see what point you are trying to make.
- axod 16y agoThe point is "I never click ads! They're terrible only idiots click them!"... "Ooh an advert for a book <click>"
- derefr 16y agoClicking into a long-copy ad is different from clicking from an ad to the thing it is selling. I consume advertising (especially the funny, viral kind) all the time; I just never feel motivated by it to buy what it's selling.
- Herring 16y agoWe can't refuse to discuss social issues just because someone has written about them...
- c0riander 16y ago*Chua