Paying people to come shill on DDF is an effective advertising strategy?

[Yo ssi]

In our community anyone supporting a business is automatically a shill, but anyone peddling a 25% return investment is as trustworthy as they come.

I'm in

[yfr bachur]

Was very active there back in the aughts.
Even got a nice wedding present from one poster there.

Do Americans ever use this word other than to refer to the first decade of the third millennium?
It's just interesting how this British word has somewhat made it in the US in this context specifically and no other.

[Yehuda57]

Do Americans ever use this word other than to refer to the first decade of the third millennium?
It's just interesting how this British word has somewhat made it in the US

Ummm, the entire language is British in origin?

[yfr bachur]

Ummm, the entire language is British in origin?

They use the word "aught" in almost every place we use "zero" or "oh"
The only place I've ever heard an American use it is to refer to the first decade of the third millennium
but I edited the OP to make it clear.

[jj1000]

Do Americans ever use this word other than to refer to the first decade of the third millennium?
It's just interesting how this British word has somewhat made it in the US in this context specifically and no other.

The aughts (American English) or noughties (British English) are terms referring to the decade 2000 to 2009. These arise from the words aught and nought respectively, both meaning zero.

[Yehuda57]

They use the word "aught" in almost every place we use "zero" or "oh"

Huh? Have I been hanging out in a different Britain?

[HudZ]

exactly. that's why people pay for amazon reviews

You're referring to Amazon Vine.?