CrossworldPuzzler
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Hello everyone. This is my first post and will probably be the first among many. First of all, I'd like to say how great it is that we all live in a time when a forum like this can exist! Secondly, thanks in advance to all the helpful advice anyone offers to me and also to all the other users on this site.
That being said, I am 35 and am experiencing hair loss. I've been experiencing it very slowly throughout my 20's and it seems that in the past 2 years it's accelerated a little bit. I've walked through the halls of depression over the years because of this and can happily say that with age comes better acceptance of who I am. Hair loss can be debilitating, it has been for me, but I have learned to become optimistic it many other areas of my life. Quite frankly, when you begin to feel sympathy for people facing other problems all over the world, your own problems can seem quite small.
Getting a little off topic here. The purpose of this topic is, since I am researching hair loss treatments (such as Rogaine) and because I am a downright paranoid somebody, I have to wonder if what I read online is not rigged. Surely, you shouldn't believe everything you read. The paranoid side of me thinks about how Rogaine (for one example) is a million-dollar business. And with any BIG business, the company is going to spend money in marketing. How do we know that Rogaine employees aren't on this very forum hyping the product? As a matter of fact, how do I know that the replies to THIS VERY TOPIC aren't crafted for perfection by Rogaine employees?
A sly marketer, for example, could post a few messages about feeling depressed about hair loss and how they can't find girlfriends. This in turn might attract followers. Then the marketer waits a little while, maybe a few months, then posts about how Rogaine is really working! They could even be really sly and claim Rogaine worked "a little bit", knowing that is all a poor soul in desperation needs to hear to make that leap and purchase the product.
How can we be sure the creators of this very forum aren't receiving some payola or kickback from Rogaine?
Did we really land on the Moon? Was 9/11 an inside job? Who killed Kennedy?
Yes, I am skeptical and paranoid. But really, who do you believe or who SHOULD you believe?
I'm not making any accusations here, just would like a few or your thoughts on this issue. (Employees of Rogaine need not respond.)
That being said, I am 35 and am experiencing hair loss. I've been experiencing it very slowly throughout my 20's and it seems that in the past 2 years it's accelerated a little bit. I've walked through the halls of depression over the years because of this and can happily say that with age comes better acceptance of who I am. Hair loss can be debilitating, it has been for me, but I have learned to become optimistic it many other areas of my life. Quite frankly, when you begin to feel sympathy for people facing other problems all over the world, your own problems can seem quite small.
Getting a little off topic here. The purpose of this topic is, since I am researching hair loss treatments (such as Rogaine) and because I am a downright paranoid somebody, I have to wonder if what I read online is not rigged. Surely, you shouldn't believe everything you read. The paranoid side of me thinks about how Rogaine (for one example) is a million-dollar business. And with any BIG business, the company is going to spend money in marketing. How do we know that Rogaine employees aren't on this very forum hyping the product? As a matter of fact, how do I know that the replies to THIS VERY TOPIC aren't crafted for perfection by Rogaine employees?
A sly marketer, for example, could post a few messages about feeling depressed about hair loss and how they can't find girlfriends. This in turn might attract followers. Then the marketer waits a little while, maybe a few months, then posts about how Rogaine is really working! They could even be really sly and claim Rogaine worked "a little bit", knowing that is all a poor soul in desperation needs to hear to make that leap and purchase the product.
How can we be sure the creators of this very forum aren't receiving some payola or kickback from Rogaine?
Did we really land on the Moon? Was 9/11 an inside job? Who killed Kennedy?
Yes, I am skeptical and paranoid. But really, who do you believe or who SHOULD you believe?
I'm not making any accusations here, just would like a few or your thoughts on this issue. (Employees of Rogaine need not respond.)
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