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		jrockway on Feb 13, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The story of the hardest platform game ever What's the advantage of trolling in this form? All he's achieved are a few one-liner comments saying he's an idiot. Victory?

llimllib on Feb 13, 2012 [–]

"all publicity is good publicity".

Piss people off == more visits == more sales?

kennywinker on Feb 14, 2012 | [–]

piss people off == less links == less visits == less sales. clearly their is a fine line, but I think the best link baiters lead with a premise that is outrageous, and content that is pretty agreeable.

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