Chill Dude 69@lemmynsfw.com to memes@lemmy.world · edit-210 months agoSometimes I forget they even allow this. Finish the fucking thing before adding extra shit. How can an unfinished thing even have extra shit?lemmynsfw.comimagemessage-square220fedilinkarrow-up1877file-text
arrow-up1877imageSometimes I forget they even allow this. Finish the fucking thing before adding extra shit. How can an unfinished thing even have extra shit?lemmynsfw.comChill Dude 69@lemmynsfw.com to memes@lemmy.world · edit-210 months agomessage-square220fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago noun - a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation If you design a game with psychologists to maximize serotonin hits instead of gameplay and then charge money to keep getting a hit is, by definition, a deceptive act, and ergo – scam.
minus-squareWhiteHawk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 months agoUsing that line of reasoning, any form of advertising can be considered a scam as well. There is no real deception involved here, it’s pretty clear what people are paying for.
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago any form of advertising can be considered a scam as well. Oh baby now you’re getting on my wavelength and the depths I’ll go to avoid being advertised at.
minus-squareWhiteHawk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoYeah, advertising sucks, but you can’t just change the definition of a scam to fit your purposes.
Not by definition, at least
If you design a game with psychologists to maximize serotonin hits instead of gameplay and then charge money to keep getting a hit is, by definition, a deceptive act, and ergo – scam.
Using that line of reasoning, any form of advertising can be considered a scam as well.
There is no real deception involved here, it’s pretty clear what people are paying for.
Oh baby now you’re getting on my wavelength and the depths I’ll go to avoid being advertised at.
Yeah, advertising sucks, but you can’t just change the definition of a scam to fit your purposes.