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"The hippy stuff doesn’t talk about how awesome they are." Yeah, there's a lot of irony to marketing, especially in this space. 'Authentic' products don't need
by SQueeeeeL 5y ago
"The hippy stuff doesn’t talk about how awesome they are."
Yeah, there's a lot of irony to marketing, especially in this space. 'Authentic' products don't need marketing, leaders in a space will seek them out and stock them of their own accord. The purpose of dark patterns is to essentially circumvent this positive feedback loop authentic use produces, forcing passive consumption of a subpar product.
- prepend 5y agoI find that funny too. I, as I expect many, prefer authentic experiences but I frequently see products marketed as “authentic” with complete bullshit. So now, I pretty much always filter out anything that explicitly uses the word authentic. I feel like there’s a mental arms race between real signals and marketers who early identify and then misuse them. 4HWW seemed to accelerate that.