Marketing Stunt Debate

Commenters overwhelmingly speculate that the featured Hacker News story or product is an intentional marketing stunt, ploy, or PR campaign designed to generate viral buzz and publicity. Discussions highlight how effectively it drew attention despite skepticism about its substance.

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Sample Comments

trimethylpurine Mar 24, 2024 View on HN

Looks like a marketing stunt to me.

rednerrus Jul 16, 2018 View on HN

My guess is this is an intentional marketing ploy. Think of how much press this is generating. Frontpage of HN. No way we are talking about this otherwise.

roselan Nov 26, 2020 View on HN

Wasn't it simply a marketing stunt?

seddin Dec 20, 2020 View on HN

it could be a marketing tactic, look at how everyone is talking about it

gsky Apr 18, 2024 View on HN

It's a great marketing gimmick. Everyone fell for it

moistgorilla Sep 28, 2012 View on HN

Yep. If this was some sort of marketing stunt. It worked.

yellow_lead Dec 24, 2021 View on HN

This seems like a lot of work for a marketing stunt

karmasimida Dec 10, 2024 View on HN

Hard to imagine such pretentious marketing isn't intentional, they want to go viral

ekianjo Aug 26, 2023 View on HN

People are obsessed here in the comments with the feasibility. They dont seem to grasp its just a PR or marketing move

Yuval_Halevi Mar 4, 2019 View on HN

Maybe a sign for a strong PR campaign?