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Why would the Epic of Gilgamesh want to sell you something? In contrast this Sriracha story clearly does want to sell you something. If you want to use an analo
by satvikpendem 8mo ago
Why would the Epic of Gilgamesh want to sell you something? In contrast this Sriracha story clearly does want to sell you something. If you want to use an analogy at least use one that makes sense.
- paulcole 8mo agoYou think this Sriracha story wants to sell you something.
- satvikpendem 8mo agoYes, the fact that I can even think so makes a case that it's possible to astroturf it. The same cannot be said of a folk tale, unless somehow it had its own interstitial ads between every chapter.
- paulcole 8mo agoPeople sell things by telling stories. Sometimes those stories are interstitial ads and sometimes they are not.
- satvikpendem 8mo agoIf you can't tell the difference between an ancient poem and an astroturfing reddit post then I'm not sure how to convince you there is one.
- nathan_douglas 8mo agoIt was all about Shamhat's OnlyFans clay tablet.
- le-mark 8mo agoThe point of heroic tales such as Gilgamesh was to draw tribute and sacrifices to the temple of Ishtar. The analogy makes perfect sense.
- satvikpendem 8mo agoMaybe that's a post facto rationalized reason, as I'm sure it did draw in more tributes, but that's like saying folk tales across the world's sole purpose is to have sacrifices when in reality people just like making up and telling stories. It's like saying the apostles of Christ only spread his message to raise money for the Catholic Church, no doubt that was a side effect but it wasn't the "point" by any means, especially early on where there was no church.
- paulcole 8mo ago> Maybe that's a post facto rationalized reason Isn't this what you're doing with the idea that the Sri Racha story is obviously meant to sell?
- satvikpendem 8mo agoOne is plausible as the primary reason, with documented instances of it happening, as I had linked before, while the other is mere conjecture.
- paulcole 8mo agoBecause astroturfing on reddit exists doesn't mean that this is plausibly astroturfing. Any post on reddit about any business could be plausibly astroturfing by that logic.
- satvikpendem 8mo agoCorrect, that is what plausible means in this case, especially as we have evidence of them doing so, even in this very thread.
- paulcole 8mo agoSo it's plausible to think that you're astroturfing here to hurt the reputation of Reddit? Because people have made posts on social media sites like HN in the past in an effort to change public perception of companies, right?