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> No. You see, the thing is, we really need the eggs. Isn't that the opposite of the problem here? If the bots actually generated sales, the adbuyers would lik
by c7b 4y ago
> No. You see, the thing is, we really need the eggs.
Isn't that the opposite of the problem here? If the bots actually generated sales, the adbuyers would likely be quite happy. This seems more like the Emperor's New Clothes, if you're looking for a metaphor.
- wccrawford 4y agoI read that as his brother doesn't actually lay eggs, they're just hoping against hope for it. Same as the ads and the bots.
- grandpoobah 4y ago"We could really use the eggs" might have been a better way of phrasing it then.
- c7b 4y agook, yeah, reading it that way it is a quite an appropriate metaphor