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I think the term you're looking for is 'trolling'.
by joshwa 17y ago
I think the term you're looking for is 'trolling'.
- ludwig 17y agoWe've already established that they're trolling. The real question is whether they've set out to increase their page rank through those means, on purpose. They are a business, after all.
- access_denied 17y agoCall me naive, but I believe 37sigs want also to change how american small businesses operate. It's not just trolling they really want to change how certain people think.
- run4yourlives 17y agoHaving a valid opinion that is against the grain is not "trolling". Innovation isn't trolling.
- Xichekolas 17y agoWell really, trolling isn't trolling when it's done by a for-profit business... At that point we start calling it by fancy terms like brand awareness, or, in general, marketing. Aside from that, who is trolling more here? 37signals for writing the original article? Or this bplans guy, to whom we are paying attention only because he picked a fight with 37signals?
- whughes 17y agoThat's not the same as writing in an intentionally inflammatory manner to garner attention and get responses. There's a difference between your opinion and how you choose to convey it. For me, trolling is entirely a question of the latter and not the former.