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The presence of honey attracts bees, the presence of horse shit attracts flies, the presence of sheep attracts wolves, and the presence of manipulable people attracts manipulators.

If these people started visiting another part of the web, "Ad Tech" would immediately re-emerge there too. The tigers just follow the herds of wild buffalos.

So, yes, watch out, if you can see wild buffalos, that means indeed that the tigers cannot be far away.

The article wants to jeopardize the god-given right of some of the manipulators to manipulate the manipulable crowds.

"Ad dollars are being stolen from publishers who actually put in an effort to create original, useful content. This is very wrong."

Ha ha ha hah ha!

Apparently, there are legitimate and illegitimate manipulators. The good and the bad thieves! The good and the bad burglars!

They are in a daggers-drawn contest on who exactly has the right to rip off the idiots!

Yes, good question, who is the one who legitimately "owns" these idiots?



Actually bees make honey. It's pollen that attracts them.


Bees collect pollen, but prefer nectar to sugar water.


This comment is trying desperately to be prophetic and wise but fails miserably.


the tiger-buffalo analogy blew my mind - it's so awful




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