Sales Hype Skepticism
Users criticize posts and companies for prioritizing salesmanship, hype, and pushing unnecessary or inferior products over genuine value, often accusing them of dishonesty or fraud.
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You shall never let pesky truth to interfere with selling :)
“Anyone who says differently is selling something.”
This reads like something from someone with a product to sell.
Most people with reasoned interactions around here want to sell something...
"If they're not selling something to you, they're selling you" -Anonymous
There is an ai strategy if you are selling hype instead of products.
Companies can and do succeed selling things people don't really want.
e.g. how to not be fooled by salesmen.
Hacker News, where the problem with lying to people to sell them inferior products they don't need is that it costs too much.
Convincing people to buy stuff they don't need is very common road to wealth.