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Spines: a VC-funded vanity publisher with added AI (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

taking bets: did they name it after the one thing none of them have so they can finally claim to have some?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Spines’ pitch is heavy on resentment-based marketing: “… you will receive the feedback you so long for from the publishing world: a personal touch.”

holy shit. I learned a new term today (resentment-based marketing) and I’m fascinated by how this could possibly work

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

@self @dgerard

all the right-wingers purchasing “woke” products just so they can film themselves driving over them, burning them, destroying them

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

@self @dgerard Their selling point being a "personal touch" from a *not-person* is too ironic for this reality.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@self @cstross The recent US election would like a word.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

does the recent US election think it can show its face around here without getting its ass beat? foolish of it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, fuck off back to electoral college since clearly you never graduated!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

IIRC elvis’s manager sold “i hate elvis” merch. It’s a long and storied industry

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tangential: The Better Business Bureau isn't affiliated with any government agency. At its best, it is a consumer advocacy group, but at its worst, it is a racket.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

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