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HBO bosses used ‘secret’ fake accounts to troll TV critics

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    DefiantEmbassy
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    I just wanted to post this beacuse it is so stupid. It's not even good trolling.

    I just wanted to post this beacuse it is so stupid. It's not even good trolling.

    7 votes
    1. [4]
      Sodliddesu
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      This goes into the pile of "everything is trolling" Like, no, none of that was even trolling. Trolling is a art. This is a corporate facsimile of trolling. This is the Muzak of trolling... Hell,...

      This goes into the pile of "everything is trolling"

      Like, no, none of that was even trolling. Trolling is a art. This is a corporate facsimile of trolling. This is the Muzak of trolling...

      Hell, most of this was just PR without a name attached. I'd honestly have more respect for the comments if the guy had tweeted them from his own account. It'd still be just as petty but it would come across more as a thin skinned CEO who stands by his products than a thin skinned CEO who thinks he is smarter and better than everyone.

      21 votes
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        arch
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        You literally have to think you're better than everyone to willingly accept millions or billions of dollars in compensation per year. I make something like 0.003% of what Elon Musk does a year and...

        thin skinned CEO who thinks he is smarter and better than everyone.

        You literally have to think you're better than everyone to willingly accept millions or billions of dollars in compensation per year. I make something like 0.003% of what Elon Musk does a year and I sometimes feel guilty.

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        1. public
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          You can alleviate that guilt by living by the Clay Davis code: “I ain’t saying no if someone’s just giving money away!”

          You can alleviate that guilt by living by the Clay Davis code: “I ain’t saying no if someone’s just giving money away!”

          3 votes
      2. DefiantEmbassy
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        That is some terrific phrasing!

        corporate facsimile of trolling

        That is some terrific phrasing!

        1 vote
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    smiles134
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    This is so embarrassing lol they thought these were clever responses?

    This is so embarrassing lol they thought these were clever responses?

    4 votes
    1. atg
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      The thing I find funniest about this is that as head of HBO the man is up to his neck in extremely talented writers, yet, somehow, this is what he chooses to publish. It almost makes me question...

      The thing I find funniest about this is that as head of HBO the man is up to his neck in extremely talented writers, yet, somehow, this is what he chooses to publish. It almost makes me question his judgment on the creative endeavours he chooses to support.

      4 votes
  3. PuddleOfKittens
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    This isn't trolling, it's just outright shilling - bad-faith defense of corporation because you're secretly an employee of said corporation.

    This isn't trolling, it's just outright shilling - bad-faith defense of corporation because you're secretly an employee of said corporation.

    4 votes
  4. ignorabimus
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    What an emotionally mature thing to do. If you are upset that your TV show wasn't well received then it's probably better to channel that effort into trying to improve it rather than get all aggro.

    What an emotionally mature thing to do. If you are upset that your TV show wasn't well received then it's probably better to channel that effort into trying to improve it rather than get all aggro.

    2 votes
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