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Pretty sure that to be a shill, your relationship to the thing being promoted has to be hidden. We don't refer to marketing folks as shills. Parasites maybe, ba
by lowbloodsugar 5y ago
Pretty sure that to be a shill, your relationship to the thing being promoted has to be hidden. We don't refer to marketing folks as shills. Parasites maybe, badum-ching.
- mediocregopher 5y agoI refer to anyone trying to get me to use a particular product as "shilling", including marketing folks.
- hn_version_0023 5y agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shill#note-1 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shill#note-1 "Someone who shills today may very well be employed to simply extol the wonders of legitimate products." Of course it does go on to say that originally its use was in service of a con, so secrecy is most definitely implied. Good stuff... I love little pedantic asides! And... parasites, most definitely.