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		blickentwapft on July 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I got 400 signups with a video of a product that d... Silicon Valley normalises these sort of lies as ethical. It’s not lying, it’s “hustle”. There’s ways to present that aren’t outright deceptive. It’s a strange blog post because it’s not an admission to be proud of.

gowld on July 8, 2020 [–]

It's a valid concern but a weird to criticize it on a website that exists specifically as a marketing arm of a business dedicated to that purpose.

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