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Subject:Re: Death knell for quality content? From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:03:47 -0700
There may also be a product marketing aspect to the use
of the material, especially if the reader can recognize
the poor writing, as in "hey, this person is dumber than
I am and can figure out how to use this software."
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>
> I think the only issue here under this model is whether or not the
> articles are positioned as anecdotal/user reviews
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