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0 pointschris_wot12y ago0 comments

They babble about how FB decreases audience reach or how they hide their ad targeting instead of realizing the massive opportunity that is presented to the people who are willing to put the work.

You criticize that response like it's a bad thing.

They besmirch google for giving rapgenius preferential treatment instead of taking notes and using the precedent.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

They revile linkedin for marketing tactics that serve them very well.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

In short, the crowd here is mostly nerds with a misunderstood nobility sense, refusing the see the world they are living in for what it is.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Alternative in short - people here are workers, not businessmen/marketers.

You say that like it's a bad thing... oh hold on. You're wrong.

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blumkvist12y ago· 1 in thread

Fair enough... I do think it is a bad thing... for me.

Not everyone is me though, not everyone has the same goals and line of thinking like me. And neither should everyone think like me. I was just pointing out to the "parent" why his resistence is futile.

tragic12y ago

Well, it's the 'don't be evil' thing. It seems to me that it's perfectly possible to not be evil - until you go from being a nimble startup to a billion dollar business with serious shareholders to impress, rather than a couple of VCs who more or less expect you to fail.

The bigger you get, the closer your girth gets to the legal line. Then - as happened with large parts of the financial system - you have to cross the line just to compete.

'Don't be evil' falls away a long time before that.

So, despite our little contretemps over Paris Hilton, I think I'm with you on this one; it's naive to expect an NYSE listed company with a market cap of $23bn not to screw every last drop of leverage out of its data, whatever the ethics of the matter.

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