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Exactly, and for around $1000 they got good bang for the buck. A reasonable expense for lots of publicity about an important issue.
by FabHK 5y ago
Exactly, and for around $1000 they got good bang for the buck. A reasonable expense for lots of publicity about an important issue.
- blitzar 5y ago> EFF did this is to get journalists to get a story to write about the issue. Except exactly 0 articles were written outside of them writing an article about it themselves. Where is the 'lots of publicity'? They generate just as much when they write and article about anything in general.
- hoppyhoppy2 5y ago>Except exactly 0 articles were written outside of them writing an article about it themselves It was also covered by MacRumors: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/09/24/eff-apple-park-banner-csam-detection-protests/ https://www.macrumors.com/2021/09/24/eff-apple-park-banner-c...
- blitzar 5y agoAhh finally found one! Btw that was published after it hit the front page here.
- WarOnPrivacy 5y agoSee? Story seeding in progress. This thread is welcomed to the media ecochain.
- blitzar 5y agoI am rather disapointed to see HN has more power to seed a story than the EFF.
- tailspin2019 5y agoIf an organisation writes an article to promote a cause, and it gets picked up and commented on by other websites... isn't it that original organisation who "seeded" the story?
- FabHK 5y agoMaybe you're right. My point was that having one banner towing flight is not an outrageous expense of money or CO2.
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- codeyperson 5y agoThere's still time. Also it made the front page of Hacker News. So I'd say that's a success.