Something has been bothering me about Data Science Central(becomingadatascientist.com) |
Something has been bothering me about Data Science Central(becomingadatascientist.com) |
You people do realize that mass hysteria over political correctness nonsense is a way of driving traffic to your website, right? I mean, not that I've taken advantage of this lemming-like behavior in modern culture or anything.
Most people can't handle the truth as we see here where as you point out it is a net positive but some people are up in arms.
Most big companies are as bad or much worse but are not foolish enough to show behind the curtain for the lower masses to see.
It's a hack, and not a particularly savory one. I'm not surprised it left the OP with a bad taste.
A more savory version I've come across in an online game startup is saturation bombing your daily AdWords budget within a very small window, thus ensuring that everyone who shows up finds lots of other folks to play with, leaving them with a good first impression of the game's popularity.
Disclaimer: I started DataTau.