I think part of the problem is that he’s openly manipulative and exploitative, which regardless of whether it works, is going to put people off—if only because they don’t want people to think they are like Ferriss too. (Though they still pay close attention; it’s all very Hansonian.)
For example, I have something of a standing invitation from an assistant to write a post for the Ferriss blog about brain training and dual n-back; no compensation, of course, since the traffic is supposed to be worth it to me. And it probably is, because it’s a popular blog—I suspect just a link in the footer to my DNB FAQ and other pages would result in a traffic spike greater than I’ve ever gotten from Hacker News or Reddit or LessWrong. But nevertheless, I’ve found it hard to motivate myself to write such a post and haven’t written it yet.
I think part of the problem is that he’s openly manipulative and exploitative, which regardless of whether it works, is going to put people off—if only because they don’t want people to think they are like Ferriss too. (Though they still pay close attention; it’s all very Hansonian.)
For example, I have something of a standing invitation from an assistant to write a post for the Ferriss blog about brain training and dual n-back; no compensation, of course, since the traffic is supposed to be worth it to me. And it probably is, because it’s a popular blog—I suspect just a link in the footer to my DNB FAQ and other pages would result in a traffic spike greater than I’ve ever gotten from Hacker News or Reddit or LessWrong. But nevertheless, I’ve found it hard to motivate myself to write such a post and haven’t written it yet.