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I'm not impressed that your submarine PR effort lead with a marketing line / hope, presented as established fact. That's crossing the line from self-promotion
by gohrt 12y ago
I'm not impressed that your submarine PR effort lead with a marketing line / hope, presented as established fact.
That's crossing the line from self-promotion to skeeziness, especially in a publication that calls itself "Scientist", and attracts readers who don't know it doesn't respect the culture of scienctific communication.
- tptacek 12y agoYou probably ought to direct that concern to The New Scientist, who reached out to Patrick out of the blue. We're not soliciting press coverage. It's just a slow news week, I guess.
- halhod 12y agoI wrote this story, and can confirm what Thomas says (although I suppose you have no reason to believe me).
- pbhjpbhj 12y agoAll glory to the hypnotoad! /ot
- pault 12y agoThis comment is cynical even by HN standards.
- jcoffland 12y agoIf you believe HN is cynical you should spend some time on Reddit.