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Buzzwords and the Paradox of Credibility

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14 points by rosskimbarovsky 16 years ago · 4 comments

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klochner 16 years ago

Curious about the upvotes on this one - I found it lacking much meaningful content.

The only redeeming value was that the author arguably misused the buzzword 'paradox' in the title.

SkyMarshal 16 years ago

"Please allow ourselves to introduce ... ourselves"

Upvoted for the funny Austin Powers reference.

askask 16 years ago

The Buzzwords do for exposure what paparazzi do for the reach and famous.

gojomo 16 years ago

'Magical' and 'revolutionary' aren't buzzwords. Buzzwords are widely used, or even overused, and tend to imply some specific (often technical) meaning, though that meaning drifts with abuse over time. 'Open' or 'standards-based' or 'enterprise-grade security' are buzzwords.

'Magical' and 'revolutionary' are not widely used in competitive product descriptions, and don't have specific meanings -- they're intentionally vague. They're meant as, and understood as, evocative puffery.

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