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You've certainly marketed your thoughts my way, so I'm now familiar with them. The meaning of marketing is diminishing rapidly here.
by powerhour 4y ago
You've certainly marketed your thoughts my way, so I'm now familiar with them. The meaning of marketing is diminishing rapidly here.
- themacguffinman 4y agoThat would be true if my thoughts & commentary were available as a product, but they're not. If I said "if you liked what I have to say, get my free or paid eBook that has my thoughts/commentary" then yes that would very clearly be marketing. This might also be true if my profile or skills were being marketed through my commentary, but I'm anonymous. Others on HN submit commentary and blog posts on HN with the intent of promoting their profile as a consultant or leader. Profit-driven corporations also do this, there's basically no non-altruistic reason to share any of their proprietary knowledge except to market their pedigree to engineers they might hire or customers they might want to impress.