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I'm not sure you understand. Users are sheep. Our job is to manipulate, track, addict, and force users into giving us their money. By any means necessary. M
by seiji 15y ago
I'm not sure you understand. Users are sheep. Our job is to manipulate, track, addict, and force users into giving us their money. By any means necessary. Mobile social local browser phone cadence tracking combined with snooping on their every webpage visit gives us a direct connection to their "If I see X, I will pay Y dollars" brain function.
If you're still playing nice, you haven't realized the truth of the world yet.
- pantaloons 15y agoThe ethics aren't as notable here as the incredible mental gymnastics undertaken by the author to pretend that this isn't questionable behavior. Arguably we shouldn't expect advertisers to play nice, but there is still value in highlighting their transgressions lest they think nobody notices or cares.
- pnathan 15y ago+1: I think this is a very good satire of common SEO/marketer mindsets.
- VladRussian 15y agoman, the only satire part is using "sheep". In different circles different jargon is used, though i never heard "sheep". When i was involved for example, the term we used was "horses" - cynical notation for the user's curiosity and the tendency to grant trust easily. (We frequently forget that 9th circle is reserved for ones who betrays the trust. Even when it is just for money and clicks.)