• rainrain@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    1 day ago

    Advertising is a method of persuasion.

    It’s as old as civilization.

    We advertise for various reasons, selling products is just one of them.

    And yes, over time, we have developed better advertising techniques.

    A body of techniques is what’s referred to as a “technology”.

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      10 hours ago

      What are you even on about? Persuasion is not advertising. And in the absence of a material culture for advertising, there is literally no basis for the 30,000 year claim. This is pure nonsense and the worst kind of bullshit.

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          9 hours ago

          Start with your silly claim that “advertising”, as you define it, occurred 30,000 years ago. Any non-suppositional evidence please.

          • rainrain@sh.itjust.worksOP
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            8 hours ago

            Advertising first occurred at 1000000000 BC when rhe first female dog advertised her availability by spraying pheromones into the air, thus persuading male dogs to etc.

            (I should be getting paid for this)

    • quediuspayu@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Advertising is a communication technique to bring attention to something.

      You are mostly talking about commercial advertising, which is still not technology.

      Where did you find that definition of technology?