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Re:An epidemic of fake influencers and the death of meritocracy by kristianc on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:47AM (#19612379)
> https://youtu.be/_86qb7hlbJI says it all (only 50 second long and very funny, be sure to check out his other stuff - comedy is usually greatest when its saying something true).

Let me guess, Bill Hicks, right? Anyway, this is a straw man of what marketing actually is.

Marketing is the process of finding out what a customer wants and finding the most efficient way to deliver it. What you've described is advertising.

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Re:An epidemic of fake influencers and the death of meritocracy by keymone on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @03:07AM (#19612459)
Marketing is never about finding what customer wants, it’s about making customer want a thing marketer wants to sell.
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