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Re:How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier by satvikpendem on Monday March 09, 2026 @09:11AM (#47308599)
Yes, the fact that I can even think so makes a case that it's possible to astroturf it. The same cannot be said of a folk tale, unless somehow it had its own interstitial ads between every chapter.
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Re:How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier by paulcole on Monday March 09, 2026 @12:58PM (#47311731)
People sell things by telling stories. Sometimes those stories are interstitial ads and sometimes they are not.
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Re:How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier by satvikpendem on Monday March 09, 2026 @01:07PM (#47311900)
If you can't tell the difference between an ancient poem and an astroturfing reddit post then I'm not sure how to convince you there is one.
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Re:How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier by nathan_douglas on Monday March 09, 2026 @01:05PM (#47311849)
It was all about Shamhat's OnlyFans clay tablet.
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