But when you actually OPEN the email, NONE of that text appears. Instead, you get this:pic.twitter.com/Oj2m9oYXHD
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But when you actually OPEN the email, NONE of that text appears. Instead, you get this:pic.twitter.com/Oj2m9oYXHD
Note in particular the emphasis on the fact that, according to this email, YOU ARE ALREADY NOMINATED, such that you can put it in your bio. But when you click the link? A COMPLETELY different story.
NOT ONLY is there a whole section on “Why Should You Join Our Contest?” - which, given the claim that you’re ALREADY nominated, is a flat-out contradiction - but they also want to charge you for the privilege.pic.twitter.com/2TlEXQJqTn
Currently, the “reading fee” is “discounted” because CHRISTMAS. Makes you wonder what they’re charging the rest of the time.pic.twitter.com/peVkfT3oo2
Note the positioning of MOAR WINNERS ALL THE TIME UNLIKE THOSE YEARLY AWARDS THAT MAKE YOU *WAIT* OMG as a prestige point. This from a site that uses the word "distinguished" (according to who?) FOUR TIMES on the main page alone.
Also note that, once again, there's dissonance between the body text of the main webpage and what appears in the mouseover and in the tab header of the website, both of which describe the contest as "exclusive" - something it DEMONSTRABLY ISN'T, given self-entry & monthly wins.pic.twitter.com/jd0BZFimix
Like, this is some ugly, duplicitous shit. And even as someone with only the most tenuous, secular-atheist connection to Christmas as a meaningful holiday, using a December 25th mailout - so being nominated seems like a PRESENT - while then offering "discounted fees" is SKEEVY AF
Also, let's back up to the apparent @nytimes supporting quote used in the email body, as shown in screenshots earlier in this thread: "The prestige of such literary awards is immense for an author... awards drive up sales."
Typing the first line of that quote + "NY Times" into Google reveals, yes, a real NY Times article - one that was published in 1992, in reference to the National Book Award & Pulitzer Prize. IT'S A TWENTY-FUCKING-FIVE YEAR OLD ARTICLE YOU GUYS.http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/16/business/the-media-business-even-in-book-awards-to-victors-go-the-spoils.html …
I was with you until you pointed out that 1992 was 25 years ago. You monster.
Linear time is a harsh mistress.
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