Peter Molyneux may have just monetized trolling • Hacker News Board

Re: Peter Molyneux may have just monetized trolling

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Post by gordaco » Mon, Apr 22, 2013, 7:43 AM UTC

mikecane wrote: post #51

tekromancr wrote: post #43

Holy motherfucking shit. This is not a game, this is something else. This is sick. This is abusive... This feels akin to exploiting a mental vulnerability that exists in a portion of the population to earn money. Its a strange situation where it is legal to do something to a human that is illegal to do to a computer.

>>>This feels akin to exploiting a mental vulnerability that exists in a portion of the population to earn money Ermmmm, that is what some advertising and marketing are all about, creating insecurities in people and then selling them the "cure."

That's why I think those are pure evil. I know I'm not alone...

Re: Peter Molyneux may have just monetized trolling

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Post by tekromancr » Wed, May 01, 2013, 10:05 PM UTC

wnight wrote: post #56

JackWebbHeller wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> "Its a strange situation where it is legal to do something to a human that is illegal to do to a computer" What is illegal to do to a computer, in this case...?

I think he means that if you discovered and exploited a bug in a common OS the way farmville manipulated actual minds, you'd be thrown in jail.

That's what I was getting at. You said it better. Thank you.

Re: Peter Molyneux may have just monetized trolling

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Post by tekromancr » Wed, May 01, 2013, 10:20 PM UTC

mikecane wrote: post #51

tekromancr wrote: post #43

Holy motherfucking shit. This is not a game, this is something else. This is sick. This is abusive... This feels akin to exploiting a mental vulnerability that exists in a portion of the population to earn money. Its a strange situation where it is legal to do something to a human that is illegal to do to a computer.

>>>This feels akin to exploiting a mental vulnerability that exists in a portion of the population to earn money Ermmmm, that is what some advertising and marketing are all about, creating insecurities in people and then selling them the "cure."

At least when you are being advertised you actually get something out of the deal. If I convince someone to voluntarily empty their bank account and give me everything in exchange for nothing, that would make me a shitbag. Or a televangelist, I guess.