Re:Pastejacking
by TeMPOraL on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @05:52AM
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What you wrote is a very twisted rationalization of screwing people on purpose. Sure, if you create several things and watch which ones people like more, you can say that those people do what they want. But when you start purposefully designing tricks to e.g. advertise you have information, and then sell them ads and bullshit, you're doing active harm to people. It's not subjective at all.
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I assure you I don't need to rationalise. I'm under no delusion that I'm a terrific person and do the assorted immoral things I do with full understanding and acceptance.
Demand Media has strong brands. They aren't anonymous/fly by night operators. If they were promising content and not delivering with any sort of regularity they'd lose viewers. They're not doing that though. The content when you click on an ehow or livestrong article is exactly what you'd expect from an ehow or livestrong article. That you find this content undesirable is very much subjective. Plenty of people seem to enjoy it.