I don't think you understand what my argument is. You're talking about individuals and I'm talking about trends. Marketing is one of the purer forms of trying to convince people of things for gain. That makes it a ripe opportunity for confidence men and other trickery. It doesn't make marketing inherently evil, but it makes the landscape inherently risky. It doesn't just attract 'bozos', it attracts a disproportionate amount of sleaze.
patio11 is great and I'm not sure why you brought him up.
> patio11 is great and I'm not sure why you brought him up.
Because he's really good at marketing, and I was curious if all the people equating marketing with sleaze would be as quick to call him sleazy as well.
Bullshit. Do you run a business? Do you aspire to? There are plenty of ways to let people know about what you are doing that are not sleazy.
Is patio11 sleazy? He's pretty good at marketing.