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To be fair, why don't you let people spend money how they want? People should have a right to be fooled if they wish so...
by elcct 11y ago
To be fair, why don't you let people spend money how they want? People should have a right to be fooled if they wish so...
- MichaelGG 11y agoBlatantly lying to people by showing fake products and fake badges hardly counts as "if they wish".
- TeMPOraL 11y agoIt's funny how people talk about voluntary trade when the whole point of advertising and marketing is to remove the 'voluntary' part.
- hvs 11y agoThe "whole point" of advertising isn't to remove the voluntary part of trade. It's to improve discoverability and to encourage you to buy. At no point does it compel you to buy.
- danneu 11y ago> At no point does it compel you to buy. What? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising It's a little more than brand names on bill boards.
- oldmanjay 11y agocompel: force or oblige (someone) to do something. nope, that's not what happens. really, really, really, really wanting something is not the same as being forced to buy it. it's not even close, in fact, even if the desire is super strong. the inability to make this distinction is not a useful argument, it is a personal failing.
- danneu 11y agoI see. When compel is used with an object, it always means "to force". And advertising textbooks go out of their way to clarify that ads persuade but they do not compel. Though you could call an ad "compelling".
- Crito 11y agoRemind me to never do business with anyone you work for.
- elcct 11y agoBut somehow people are fine of how that works in democracy.
- danneu 11y agoSick setup for that scathing sociopolitical commentary!
- gonvaled 11y agoSure, and kickstarter has the right to be punished by the market if people do not like what they are doing. It is a free market, right? Kickstarter deceives, people talk about it, kickstarter falls.
- njloof 11y agoFor the risk you're taking, you'd be better off as an investor. If they fail you get nothing, but if they succeed you'd have equity, not just a product or service.
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