Advertising is a cancer on society (jacek.zlydach.pl)
from yogthos@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.ml on 13 May 2024 16:59
https://lemmy.ml/post/15596878

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TachyonTele@lemm.ee on 13 May 2024 17:11 next collapse

Hot take

Norgur@fedia.io on 13 May 2024 17:54 next collapse

What's next? Hedge funds are a metastasis of the cancer that is capitalism? Go figure.

lemmyreader@lemmy.ml on 13 May 2024 17:58 next collapse

Making people unhappy

A marketer I know has a mantra, that successful sales are all about dissatisfaction - making people aware just how their situation sucks, and then offering a way to relieve the pain.

Interesting read.

tedu on 13 May 2024 20:18 next collapse

As opposed to successful social media posts, which would never go viral by telling everyone how much everything sucks.

TurboHarbinger@feddit.cl on 13 May 2024 22:08 next collapse

Lol Just like that episode when Tom Cruise was trapped in the closet

BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.net on 14 May 2024 06:35 collapse

I got a “sales” job once and during training this is basically what they preached. Find the pain point and lay into it until they relent and sign up for the thing that will fix the pain.

Made me super uncomfortable and I quit 2 days into training, because a lot of what the place did was accessibility accommodations, so it was basically harassing old and disabled people going about their day, and making them feel bad about their shitty situation to take their money. No thanks.

lemmyreader@lemmy.ml on 14 May 2024 08:19 collapse

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience.

BellaDonna@mujico.org on 13 May 2024 21:30 next collapse

I didn’t read the article because I’m the worst, I just wanted to agree with the title.

TetraVega@lemmings.world on 13 May 2024 23:17 next collapse

I have been saying this and will keep saying it.

hanrahan@slrpnk.net on 14 May 2024 00:04 next collapse

Yes, it’s something we can ban in the necessary transition to a more sustainable life, alas… Here we are

theguardian.com/…/a-greener-marx-kohei-saito-on-c…

Zerush@lemmy.ml on 14 May 2024 08:44 next collapse

tube.kuylar.dev/watch?v=jmHG92lARUQ

onlinepersona@programming.dev on 14 May 2024 08:53 collapse

I love it when people join the fediverse and then propose ads as a way to fund it. Always shows the disconnect.

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