I love how HN gets mentioned as if readers of CNN's financial pages would already know what it was.
That said, I don't feel that HN is overall anti-marketing. It just tends to attract people who would prefer not be the ones doing the marketing (and who would prefer not to need it). To me that's not the same.
(Personally, when my wife was taking marketing classes in college as part of a Graphic Design degree, I couldn't believe how evil her textbooks were. "Consumer Behavior" is an ugly cross between psychology and evil.)
Good marketing: we have a product that we truly believe you would benefit from; let us tell you about it, because we want to be of service to you (for a fair price).
Bad marketing: we want your money. We realize you won't just give it to us, so how about if we give you this product in exchange for your money? We'll do whatever we can to make you think you want this product, even if you really don't, because we really want your money.
I think most marketing leans toward the bad side, which is unfortunate. I really appreciate good marketing.
That said, I don't feel that HN is overall anti-marketing. It just tends to attract people who would prefer not be the ones doing the marketing (and who would prefer not to need it). To me that's not the same.
(Personally, when my wife was taking marketing classes in college as part of a Graphic Design degree, I couldn't believe how evil her textbooks were. "Consumer Behavior" is an ugly cross between psychology and evil.)