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# A loss leader is ethical when it gives people a...
> A loss leader is ethical when it gives people a genuine low-risk experience of value and states the later offer honestly. It becomes manipulation when generosity is merely a disguise for pressure that the recipient could not evaluate at the beginning.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Usefulness, Reciprocity, and the Human Logic of Social Media - Workbook|Usefulness, Reciprocity, and the Human Logic of Social Media]]
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“A loss leader is ethical when it gives people a genuine low-risk experience of value and states the later offer honestly. It becomes manipulation when generosity is merely a disguise for pressure that the recipient could not evaluate at the beginning.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-loss-leader-ethical-recipient-evaluate-beginning
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