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Re:'It was chaos': The history of San Francisco's most unfor... by stvltvs on Thursday March 13, 2025 @02:13AM (#43350768)
> Marketing is just raising awareness for things you might enjoy.

If that were all it is, there wouldn't be much problem.

Marketing is also creating a demand where there wasn't one before and exploiting psychological weaknesses to prompt actions not necessarily in a person's best interest.

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Re:'It was chaos': The history of San Francisco's most unfor... by motoxpro on Thursday March 13, 2025 @07:11PM (#43358162)
"creating a demand where there wasn't one before" Yes, 100% if it's a new product, there was no demand for it.

"exploiting psychological weaknesses to prompt actions not necessarily in a person's best interest" This is any sort of communication with malintent.

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