Hack PR removed the article about “hacking Reddit”

11 points by ignawin 8 years ago | 10 comments

This URL returns 404: www.hack-pr.com/library/how-we-hacked-reddit-to-generate-5-million-media-impressions-in-3-days

Cached version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:rGmQFErEWB8J:www.hack-pr.com/library/how-we-hacked-reddit-to-generate-5-million-media-impressions-in-3-days

slig 8 years ago |

Original HN thread discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14740423

micael_dias 8 years ago |

So they made front page on Reddit, then front page on HN about making front page on Reddit and now making front page again on HN for deleting the article. They really are good.

autokad 8 years ago |

I at least appreciated how it reminded people that the internet isn't some kind of democracy. Its very easy for certain people to influence what is heard, 'popular', or buried.

libeclipse 8 years ago |

Here's a slightly better cached version (not broken): https://web.archive.org/web/20170710232311/www.hack-pr.com/l...

ruminasean 8 years ago |

When they figure out who it was, THAT will be the top post on Reddit. Then they'll learn about "blowback."

lgas 8 years ago | |

It's obviously John Cox.

SmellTheGlove 8 years ago |

I wonder if they realized this method wouldn't continue to work if everyone was doing it?

This thing got ripped when posted to HN.

phkahler 8 years ago | |

I wonder if they realized posting about it made both them and their client look like assholes, which is not what the client was paying them for. BTW I still don't know his name which means the effort actually failed - at least with me.

timwaagh 8 years ago |

too bad, it was quite insightful as to how marketing works these days. you never read an honest article about that.

scrollaway 8 years ago | |

Yeah, removing it now just makes it look super weird and awkward. While the article is up, they can play the "any publicity ..." game, and it was insightful for what it's worth.