I have asked myself that many times and our sales figures would make you out to be completely wrong. Every time I go on a posting spree, our sales jump. As much as you'd like to believe people are a vapid and ignorant as you would have the trolls believe, they aren't. Most of our customers are pretty smart and they see right through the trollish behavior and are, at worst, ambivalent about my posts. Many of them are entertained by it and that's why I do it, it's entertainment for the enlightened and rage inducing for the ignorant. Just look at the frothing at the mouth we get from people like LittleD and Bicknellski... it's like tapping on a fishtank and watching the fish jump, but without the animal cruelty.
Poor little Bick, Syke, LittleD, et al do everything I want them to do whenever I want them to do it and they think it's their own idea. It's actually quite glorious, to be honest, and it's why I keep coming back. If they, and those like them, failed to perform on command, I really wouldn't have a reason to continue to post. Lest you think I'm letting a secret out, I've said this numerous times before, just the puppets change... The first time I spilled the beans about this, I was afraid it would ruin the effect, but to my surprise it did absolutely nothing to lessen the effect, as there seems to be a limitless supply if easily pliable trolls to take the place of the ones that eventually wither away.
*shakes head back and forth* Speaking of red flags...
It's rare to see such a flagrant public display of apparent sociopathy and narcissistic personality disorder.
Sad to see you have so much fun manipulating your prospective customers, and openly admit to it.
Not a good way to run a business, no matter what sort of mental gymnastics you convince yourself of, to rationalize your poor public behavior - This is just not the way COO's of reputable businesses conduct themselves.
Seeing you continuing to bloviate and gesticulate the way you carry on, is just genuinely sad to take in now.
Try to be a better person Josh. They way you are carrying on is not healthy for your mental well-being, or the long-term health of your company.