NLP, WEB: Advocacy Pages [1101.1998]

I was doing a bit of surfing this morning, and it occurred to me that I'm seeing quite a few "Advocacy" pages lying around. Pages designed to help you persuade other people to a certain meme-set.

For example, the Linuxmanship page is chock full of ideas for promoting Linux at work:

YOU: "Isn't it good to run the most configurable and full-featured web server?"
PROSPECT: "Yes."
YOU: "Isn't it good to get a system that connects to all our existing systems?"
PROSPECT: "Yes."
YOU: "Isn't it great that the budget for this project will be lower than expected if you decide we should go with Linux?"
PROSPECT: "Yes."
YOU: "So would you like me to install it Thursday so we can get started?"
PROSPECT: "Yes."

There's also a Perl Advocacy Page, and.. Perhaps coolest of all, a Libertarian Party Advocacy Page where you can actually buy a three-tape set on persuasion for $5!!

• Dozens of easy, effective, and powerful communication techniques
• How to make libertarian ideas almost irresistible
• How to avoid the most common communication errors
• How to ask questions that shift your audience's views
• The power of language, fables, metaphors

Memetics in overdrive!