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by Sir_Cmpwn 2923 days ago
No, don't stop thinking of it as spam. It is spam, and you're part of the problem.

Unethical practices that work are still unethical practices.

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I don't particularly enjoy these articles, but they're hardly unethical. Saying you make X/month is very similar to splashing company logos on your homepage. Service companies typically want to try to demonstrate that they're successful to attract more clients.

With startups/apps it's now popular to brag about your revenue. Keep in mind, this isn't profit, so I find the articles pretty useless. I could start a million dollar revenue company by losing money on each unit sold, but what's the point in that? (unless I'm VC-backed and have a long-term strategy for growth)

When someone writes an article about how much profit they've made per month, then I'll take notice.

I'm not sure we understand each other. What's unethical is sending people spam email.