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		windsurfer on April 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AppGratis Is Nothing More Than A Black Hat Marketi... How can you twist words like that? You get paid by a marketing company to steer discussions on social networks in favour of your brand.

2pasc on April 12, 2013 | [–]

This is plain bullying. Most promoted apps did not pay AppGratis advertising to be in the app. Some did, and they were described as "Sponsored". How do you describe Google Business model then?

PavlovsCat on April 13, 2013 | [–]

"Steering discussions"? Sounds like something that could use killing with a stake.

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