Comment by barbazoo
3 days ago
Is there not always some sort "marketplace" where people see what's being offered one way or another?
I don't think we need ads for discovery, I see it more as a nefarious way to occupy space in people's conscious.
3 days ago
Is there not always some sort "marketplace" where people see what's being offered one way or another?
I don't think we need ads for discovery, I see it more as a nefarious way to occupy space in people's conscious.
>Is there not always some sort "marketplace"
How exactly does that work for virtual products?
Catalogs - offline and on-line, commercial and government. Deprived of constant noise and overstimulation of advertising, people will actively seek such information out, whether because they have a problem to solve, or just out of curiosity. All we're talking about here is switching from current "push" model of advertising back to "pull" model.
Who here never browsed a product or company catalog they found, just because they were curious?
I can almost feel the calm just imagining the world you're describing.
Not that I ever use it but there are apparently services like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_Hunt people use to seek out new products.
But as sibling comment said, if it's really good, people will find it eventually.
Funny you mention Product Hunt because it's pay-to-play too, there was a whole controversy a decade ago exactly now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10739875
If they provide value, people will seek them out.
How? If you don't advertise, no one can see you.
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