• TragicNotCute@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    We goof on this person, but in my experience this kind of shameless begging usually works to some degree.

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      8 months ago

      I’d go out of my way to give a negative review stating that they wanted to bribe me into giving a positive review.

      If multiple people did that, you’d see that nobody trusts the reviews anymore.

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      8 months ago

      I miss that game. Not much tickles the same creativity and playfulness that I’ve tried since then. I used to spend hours in the level creator doing dumb stuff.

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    8 months ago

    Sub for sub is a pretty standard social contract between upstarts. It looks beneath you because your livelihood isn’t going up against goliaths.

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    8 months ago

    Putting an app on the app store was one of my worst mistakes. I still get spam years after it getting delisted due to being abandoned.

  • Classy@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    I remember old YouTube having these kinds of exchanges. I would get DMs asking for a five star rating on a video they uploaded about some relevant topic in exchange for a likewise five star rating. I miss those days