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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Looks like a marketing stunt to me.
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.
Wasn't it simply a marketing stunt?
it could be a marketing tactic, look at how everyone is talking about it
It's a great marketing gimmick. Everyone fell for it
Yep. If this was some sort of marketing stunt. It worked.
This seems like a lot of work for a marketing stunt
Hard to imagine such pretentious marketing isn't intentional, they want to go viral
People are obsessed here in the comments with the feasibility. They dont seem to grasp its just a PR or marketing move
Maybe a sign for a strong PR campaign?