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   Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@calckey.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 10:30:17 JST Chris Trottier

   You know why I avoid building “clout”?
   
   When I first started my business, I realized there was a whole ecosystem of douchebags who exist purely to take advantage of the newly self-employed.
   
   The amount of calls I received from “coaches” and “networkers” selling snake oil makes my blood boil.
   
   And none of them offer any value except “clout”.

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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@calckey.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 10:48:40 JST Chris Trottier

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     Do you know there are people out there whose whole livelihood is based on “connecting” you with “important” people?

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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@calckey.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 10:53:43 JST Chris Trottier

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     I’ve spent a significant portion of my life trying to be under the radar and largely failing.

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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@calckey.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 10:56:24 JST Chris Trottier

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     • Christo

     @christo@dice.camp Yes, I’m not even talking about social media.

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     Christo (christo@dice.camp)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 10:56:25 JST Christo

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     @atomicpoet Haven't there always been such people, even before social media?

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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@calckey.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 10:56:44 JST Chris Trottier

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     • Kerrie Smith

     @kerriesmith@aus.social What?

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     Kerrie Smith (kerriesmith@aus.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 10:56:51 JST Kerrie Smith

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     @atomicpoet How exciting!!

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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@calckey.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 11:06:40 JST Chris Trottier

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     • m3t00🌎

     @m3t00 Unfortunately, this is where I disagree. The product never sells itself.

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     m3t00🌎 (m3t00@calckey.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 11:06:42 JST m3t00🌎

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     @atomicpoet
     have always grouped [salesmen preachers politicos]. same suit style. even software salesmen. good products don't need ads or salesmen

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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@calckey.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 11:09:31 JST Chris Trottier

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     • m3t00🌎

     @m3t00 They do, and they get annoyed when companies don’t talk back. This is true even in the open source world when products are built on volunteer labour.

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     m3t00🌎 (m3t00@calckey.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 11:09:32 JST m3t00🌎

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     @atomicpoet well, customers talk

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     Alyson Decker (alysondecker@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 12:09:51 JST Alyson Decker

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     @atomicpoet so many.

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     Purple_Sky (purple_sky@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 15:20:59 JST Purple_Sky

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     @atomicpoet

     Leeches. Assholes. Bastards. Shitheads. Fucktards.

     Sorry, I run out of rainbows and glitters and unicorns to add for nice words.

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