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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He was just doing some first hand practical research, for god's sake

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be defeated.

- Sun Tzu.

- This Guy

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

we did it reddit

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago

Well of course

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

"You'll never get stabbed again" says man while stabbing people

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Ad-tech

world free of fraud

Am I missing something here? Marketing IS fraud.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

If I'm starting a business, then I guess word of mouth from other people is the only way to get customers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mainly so at "higher" levels, but marketing has legitimate uses. A politician you like campaigning is marketing. Advertising my little lawn service back in the day was marketing. A lot of great local places go under for lack of marketing. They're awesome, but no one knows they exist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'm halfway joking, but marketing does involve various degrees of lying.