Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client
by mr_overalls on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @04:44PM
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Recommending a product you haven't reviewed is a form of lying. Some of us value our integrity.
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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client
by eevilspock on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @07:24PM
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Isn’t this true of all advertising, except in the rare cases where the publisher only accepts ads for products they endorsed?
How can we ever expect a reliable, non-garbage-dominate internet when it is funded by perverse incentives?
Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client
by lgas on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @11:54PM
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The distinction is that if I see a billboard (or magazine ad, or TV commercial) advertising a product I don't think that I have a relationship with the billboard and they know me pretty well and have my best interests at heart... so I don't think that if this particular billboard that knows me so well is promoting a product to me then it must be a pretty good product for me (especially because this billboard doesn't usually go out of their way to recommend products to me).
But if a friend of mine recommends a product to me, well, I do think all of those things.
Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client
by nobodyaccount on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @07:19PM
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Literally, nobody said to do that. Good lord, are you aware of nuance? You can make people aware of something that looks promising, without lying.
Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client
by mr_overalls on Thursday May 03, 2018 @11:36AM
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> You have a warped perspective of importance if you think giving the nod to a new mail app is some holy thing.
You're taking a needlessly confrontational stance here with insulting language, and people are responding to that.