I had a similar experience with various formulations. Vyvanse was the best but it really didn't work for me long term and with the tolerance it became a requirement to take in the morning or I would basically be asleep all day. I keep some around for occasional 'get shit done' days but I haven't filled a script in years. Stratterra and a couple others didn't really help me at all.
Most of their income has come directly from Google, the incumbent browser monopoly. I'm full tin foil hat on this one, Google is pulling the strings here.
? It's a well established strategy. I'm not speculating, this is how social media marketing works. You can find all sorts of resources on how marketers strategize about these things.
I'm not trying to tell you how to post, genuine recommendations are the only form of advertising I respect. But it is advertising and companies have every incentive to astroturf that.
Sorry, I meant nothing towards anyone in particular, just mostly want to point out the strong likelihood companies are posting here. It's a when, not an if. The bigger Lemmy gets the more money there is to be made here.
Well sure it is. I mean nonpaid advertising is the best kind for everyone since it's likely to actually be honest and actually listened to but it's not always easy to tell from some comments what their true motivations are. Thus the existence of astroturfing.
Kagi probably has a social media manager or hires a marketing agency (as most companies do) and their time would be well spent posting on Lemmy (and other sites) about Kagi but in as organically of a way as possible since we're all pretty ad averse here. I mean, it's possible Kagi specifically isn't doing it, but it is a matter of when, not if, companies start doing that here.
The only factors keeping guerilla advertising off Lemmy are its relative obscurity and maybe association with less advertising-friendly instances (which afaik are mostly defederated from the biggest instances). We aren't immune to astroturfing by a longshot.
In the case of Kagi, the degooglers are basically their market. Here is probably one of the best places to reach an audience since it's basically people fleeing similar tech bro overreach from reddit.
I think Kagi is fine btw but I also think knowing that we're just as if not more susceptible to this kind of marketing is important to keep in mind for the health of the fediverse.
Not trying to say there is no organic discussion, but I would be shocked if they were ignoring this avenue for getting the word out. It's basically free advertising and advertising is generally expensive.
I mean the idea is to appear organic, it's not very effective advertising otherwise. It's free real estate there is no reason they would not be doing it.
I mean you're right lol and I like the way you phrased it. Same here honestly, I was annoyed andI mostly wanted to make a tangential point about people getting worked up over vapid newsy-sounding articles while ignoring actual problems, this shit wasn't worth reading when it was new and now it's here, 6 months old and past the election it was written for, with tons of engagement
More like if we don't get our basic facts straight we look just as disconnected as they are. This post is misleading and there is absolutely no need to exaggerate, RFKs idea is plenty stupid but now the article is just an easily dismissed propaganda piece because it eschews objective reality instead of just outlining the actual stupidity. Who is to trust anything in this article after the title is outright wrong? Like this entire article isn't even worth anyone's time, it's just RFK spitballing to the media so they had to make up a bs title while there are real news articles likely getting ignored
It's describing a psychological barrier, like you have a limited amount of mental space for a really 'knowing' people. People are complex and varying and it takes a lot of space and effort to learn their differences (and that's important, some people can be dangerous or whatever). Once you run out of space (so to speak) their existence is mentally more abstract and less likely to come to your mind when you're making your decisions. That negligence is the source of conflict, not you literally not thinking of them as people and harming them intentionally.
And then God said:
"Lol. Lmao"