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I'm posting this on HN because what the French media are doing (according to the article) amounts to something of an elegant SEO hack: if we all stopped calling
by dreamweapon 12y ago
I'm posting this on HN because what the French media are doing (according to the article) amounts to something of an elegant SEO hack: if we all stopped calling them by their wannabe 'Islamic State' moniker, and uniformly started using the Daeshi label instead, that would tend to force the search rankings on their their various propaganda videos/websites down -- or force them to start using it if they want their rankings to come back up.
Side note: Title abbreviated slightly to fit the 80-char limit.
- metafex 12y agoMake them the laughing stock of the world and nobody will take them serious anymore. As bad as the things they do are, it can't get anymore classy for a countermeasure. No war on whatever really helps the people, but this hopefully opens some eyes.
- zethraeus 12y agoIt's (positive) propaganda, and propaganda is effectively a social hack. A part of the social hack is its technical impact , but it's interesting independent of it. (And I'd love to see more analysis of the impact and stickiness of the hack). Thanks for posting it.
- AJ007 12y agoIs it propaganda or is it a honeypot?
- darkstar999 12y agoHoneypot? How so? See who gets pissed off when you call them that?
- zo1 12y agoIf anyone wants to jump on the band wagon for this new name, here is a start: https://www.google.com/search?q=isis+daesh https://www.google.com/search?q=isis+daesh or https://www.google.com/search?q=isis+new+name+daesh https://www.google.com/search?q=isis+new+name+daesh And perhaps the french could convince anonymous or 4chan to help out.