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by jacquesm 3874 days ago
> Is it overconsumption that I saw an ad yesterday for Load Impact & subsequently tested & paid for their (very cool!) service?

I don't know, but I do consider your comment to be an excellent example of an advertisement masquerading as content. (see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10573590 )
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fraserharris 3874 days ago
Masquerading? As long as its relevant and engaging, it is content.
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jacquesm 3874 days ago
If you should in the future ever wonder why people dislike advertising or marketing please go back and re-read this comment. I understand that right now you are not in a frame of mind to take that input but imo everything that is wrong with the advertising industry besides the tracking aspects is present in these 11 words.
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taurath 3873 days ago
Relevant yes, engaging fine, but is the outcome better? Being flooded with overly biased information is exhausting and not what is good for the outcome. If I am buying a GPU I want as unbiased a reviewer as possible to tell me all the upsides and downsides to each. Content that pretends it doesn't have a huge bias is lying, and it leads to poor personal decision making.
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tremon 3873 days ago
No, it is fluff, which is why I ignored that sentence. You did not provide any content about that service, other than the emotional qualifier that it is "very cool".
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