Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house

Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house by leviathant on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:30PM (#21266486)

For months, I've been seeing this headline in Google News, repeatedly blocking sites promoting it, only to have new sites pop up. I'm getting served ads on Facebook and Twitter about these house kits - and now it's an HN headline? I'll say this much - I'm impressed at the veracity of the marketing machine behind this product.

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Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house by perl4ever on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:04PM (#21266674)

I don't know what it is, but the internet seems so small these days. Every news aggregator or media outlet seems to have all the same stories. I miss when there seemed to be a vast world out there. Maybe I've just gotten trapped in a bubble.

I'm not sure if there's some powerful force controlling the media as many paranoid people would have it, or if it's emergent behavior.

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Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house by at-fates-hands on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:28PM (#21266795)

I often feel the same way.

When you search for anything to buy on Google, the first 10-15 links are for Amazon. Type in the manufacturer and the list dwindles to about 5-6 Amazon links, which is absurd. If I'm looking for Bose headphones or Adidas shoes, shouldn't the actual manufacturers site be page page 1, #1?

I would think so, but it's not the case anymore.

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Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house by lawrenceyan on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @11:25PM (#21266782)

http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html

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Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house by foobarian on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:48PM (#21266582)

> I'm impressed at the veracity of the marketing machine behind this product.

Did you mean 'tenacity'?

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Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house by jniedrauer on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:51PM (#21266611)

'Voracity' would be my guess

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Re:Amazon sells a kit for a 2600 sqft house by netfl0 on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:56PM (#21266634)

Maybe capacity?

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