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Re:An epidemic of fake influencers and the death of meritocracy by exolymph on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @12:59AM (#19611919)
This is ridiculous. There are about a zillion products and brands out there that people didn't know about until they found out through marketing.

Also, lol @ commenting on Hacker News to rail against marketing. This is literally a lead-gen site for YC

Re:An epidemic of fake influencers and the death of meritocracy by nilskidoo on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @03:44PM (#19618258)
Jesus surrounded himself with lepers, whores and thieves. I'm sincerely not trolling here, I just don't see a point in preaching only to the choir. I respect values of information here, like how Snowden landing in Honk Kong was announced here before any other website. But comfort zones, echo chambers, safe spaces and news bubbles are the same as any gated community, in that they block out most of reality by design. Including quite a lot of truth.