I Miss the Old Internet

Re:I Miss the Old Internet by nine_k on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @09:27PM (#21404836)

The intent.

A desire to express an opinion vs an attempt to lure you to buy something while telling you banalities about the topic.

Forums mostly see the latter as spam and evict.

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Re:I Miss the Old Internet by Swizec on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @10:39PM (#21405236)

How about weirdos like me and other infoproduct indies? We intend to express a genuinely valuable opinion in a useful way and try to convince you to consider buying our stuff.

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Re:I Miss the Old Internet by ShteiLoups on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @11:25PM (#21405479)

Whitepapers are ads.

Cool ads, interesting ads, but still ads.

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Re:I Miss the Old Internet by andrew_ on Thursday October 31, 2019 @12:37AM (#21405803)

I don't tend to mind the pitch if it follows the genuinely valuable information.

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