Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds

• melfie@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Well, reading the replies to this post, it became clear to me that the title is provocative, but isn’t accurate. Sure, nerds don’t like ads and generally are annoyed by inflated and unsubstantiated claims, but it’s inaccurate to say that marketing doesn’t work on nerds. Many people who read the title obviously recognized this and came here to set the record straight, hence my reference to Cunnungham’s Law. I’m sure others who originally agreed with the title came around to a different understanding like I did after reading the comments and reflecting. “Hey, maybe I’m not immune to marketing after all.”

  If I’m a jagoff for holding an incorrect opinion and then changing my mind when presented with compelling arguments to the contrary, then so be it.

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