So I’m scrolling through All New and on these memes I’m seeing comments saying stuff like “I see xyz company advertising on Lemmy” even though there’s little to no brand indication on the post. (Other that some kind of German meat + beans, but even then no brand came to mind for me)
If this AI company driven advertising is real on Lemmy what are the admins doing to prevent this from happening?
It would benefit users if you could attempt to elaborate on the question or concern in your title.
We need you on Nextdoor.
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People are often overly paranoid about online advertising. Most big companies are not engaging in subliminal product placement in memes. I’ve worked for big companies who have attempted organic viral marketing and it’s usually really obvious.
Nope.
No idea what you are talking about and I hang out in New.
Can you link to one of these posts?
Looks like OP is talking about the comments in this. https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/4730113
No idea how people could possibly think this is an ad though. Some people are just not screwed on right.
There are different ways of looking at it. I used to be on r/hailcorporate in my reddit days, and one of the things we tried to highlight is how we sometimes passively advertise on behalf of corporations. For instance, I know people who will insist that blue Dawn™ is the best, even though its active ingredients are exactly the same in chemistry and amounts as some off brands. They’re de facto advertising on behalf of P&G.
There’s obviously a vast difference between this and a deliberate ad placed by a company, but I think it’s still important to point out when this happens. We are so immersed in corporate advertising that we become almost numb to it.
Eh if all you’re thinking about is how everything is an ad they’ve got you wrapped around their fingers hardcore. You can very easily talk about things that are in your daily life without advertising.
Go back and read what I wrote again, slowly. Which part leads you to believe that “all [I’m] thinking about is how everything is an ad”? Because that’s not what I said.
Just because someone thinks thier experience with something has been good and they rationalize it as “the best” doesn’t mean they are defacto advertising.
If you want to try insulting someone because you are misunderstanding yourself, go somewhere else.
If you want to try insulting someone because you are misunderstanding yourself, go somewhere else.
The irony of you throwing shade at me and then saying this is palpable. You really need to chill, bro. Here’s the main idea of my comment, reduced to its essence: “There are different ways of looking at it.” Unless you argue that such is not the case (which would be absurd, considering there are in fact different ways of looking at it), then I suggest you go find somewhere else to be an insufferable pedant and leave me alone. I’m not looking for an argument or debate.
So do you disagree that there are different ways of looking at it? That your perspective is the One Truth above all others?
Go take a xanax or something.
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Wow. Just wow.
Some people are just not screwed on right.
You have that right.
German meat + beans
Stroganoff German AF
We can report, and then block them ourselves.
As for my experience, I haven’t noticed any obvious advertisements.
I sort by new and all, and I’ve seen a lot of them, most of them coming from kbin. If you don’t frequently sort by new, they might get reported before you see them, and if you don’t subscribe to communities on kbin, you probably don’t see them at all.
Ah, so it seems. I may not have seen them because i browse by all and top six hours.
I may have to sort by new for fifteen minutes before i finish scrolling lemmy. to help everyone report and block this trash.
If I saw a company advertise on lemmy I’d respect it. Especially if they donated to the project.
