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by alecbenzer 2372 days ago
> I feel a lot of the folks here are focusing on the wrong parts here. The $200M loss was a cheap way of getting user attention, but hey it worked!

It "worked" in that that it got people's attention but distracted from the post's main message.

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Agreed .. bait and switch technique i guess. But since we've invested time looking into the content, might as well talk about the core / useful content rather than focusing on the bait :)