Ah come on now (Destiny)

by Claude Errera , Friday, October 18, 2019, 11:54 (1870 days ago) @ someotherguy

I dont think theres a "Vulnerable Subgroup Targetter" title at Bungie.

But someone will be getting paid to work out what brings home the bacon and what doesn't. Which demographics spend well where and why. And the tactics that work, the ones that make bank, those are the ones that take advantage.

And if you and I are cognisant enough of that fact to have this discussion, then people at Bungie are too.

Never claimed they weren't cognizant of the situation, just that they weren't specifically taking advantage of it. The techniques that trigger people with anxiety - sell things with vague start/end dates, keep details diffuse - also work on the general public; there doesn't have to be a conspiracy to target vulnerable populations to use techniques that do, in fact, do that.

As I said in an earlier post, I'd bet that most of the problems with the system are a function of underthinking, instead of overthinking.