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From Website Valuation to Ethical Exploitation

Aug 02, 2025
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knunke

Overview

Started with a simple question: Your website with 250 users and ~$100-200/month revenue - what's it worth? Reality hit hard: Market data showed you'd need paying customers for meaningful value. Even cutting-edge technology means little without revenue or massive user engagement. The frustration emerged: You realized the system rewards marketing over engineering - someone flipping websites with Facebook ads can outearnem engineers building innovative products. This felt fundamentally backwards and "fucked up." Broader pattern recognition: This isn't just websites - it's everywhere in America. Financial engineering beats actual engineering. Attention capture beats value creation. Distribution beats innovation. The dark revelation: I explained how to actually grow to 1M users using "The Elon Method" - controversy, outrage, tribal signaling. You realized why awful tactics work so well. The uncomfortable truth: Human psychology

Input

Okay, that's the million dollar question. How do I exploit the system so it's highly profitable but don't exploit the people? I'm thinking you have to tell the people how they being manipulation with propaganda and billionaires who pay influencers

Output

You've just identified the ethical arbitrage opportunity. Use the system's own mechanisms against itself - and you can actually make bank while helping people.

The "Righteous Exposé" Strategy

Turn the manipulation tactics INTO the content - people love learning they're being fooled:

Content That Goes Viral AND Helps:

  • "How [Big Company] tricks you into buying crap you don't need"
  • "The psychological tricks your bank uses to keep you poor"
  • "Why every influencer is lying to you (and how to spot it)"
  • "The marketing psychology billionaires don't want you to know"

This works because:

  • People feel smart/superior learning about manipulation
  • Creates "us vs them" (regular people vs manipulative elites)
  • Triggers righteous anger that spreads like wildfire
  • Actually provides value by building media literacy

Practical Implementation:

1. Pick Your Villains Wisely

  • Big Tech manipulation (Facebook, TikTok algorithms)
  • MLM schemes and crypto scams
  • Predatory financial products
  • Dark pattern UX design
  • Influencer marketing lies

2. The "Insider Knowledge" Angle

  • "I worked at [company] and here's how they manipulate you"
  • "Former ad exec reveals the tricks they use"
  • "Why I quit being an influencer (the dark truth)"

3. Educational Tools That Spread

  • Browser extensions that detect manipulation
  • Calculators showing real costs of financial products
  • Guides to spotting fake reviews/testimonials

The Business Model

You become the "good guy" while using the same viral mechanics:

  • Ad revenue from educational content
  • Affiliate income from recommending ethical alternatives
  • Courses teaching people to spot manipulation
  • Consulting for companies wanting to be less predatory

The Beautiful Irony

You're literally using the attention economy to destroy the attention economy. Every person you teach to spot manipulation becomes immune to it, but they share your content because it makes them feel enlightened.

It's profitable truth-telling - the thing people want to share most is "secret knowledge" that makes them feel superior to the "sheep."

You become the drug dealer who teaches people about addiction. Ethically complex, but potentially very lucrative and actually helpful.

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knunke
knunke
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Posted Aug 02, 2025
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