I remember that my mother was watching TV, and I overheard this commercial about some show that showed viral internet videos. The ad said something like "Before Threads, and even before TikTok, these internet videos (etc)...", and I'm just like... what the fuck is threads? And this was like, RIGHT when Threads became a thing. They astroturfed the fuck out of it everywhere, like it was really some legitimate social media site that everyone was using.
I prefer those commercials over the ones I get on Amazon's free programming. They're always the same -- Something something Mr. Beast, followed by Obamacare, followed by "take these pills if you like having lots of uncontrolled gay sex." Not joking.
"They astroturfed the fuck out of it everywhere, like it was really some legitimate social media site that everyone was using."
The funniest part was people discovering once you created an account you couldn't delete it without nuking your instagram.
Are they really moving to rednote or is it this just marketing?
Why not? Remember the whole thing over Threads, Mastodon and now Bluesky?
I remember that my mother was watching TV, and I overheard this commercial about some show that showed viral internet videos. The ad said something like "Before Threads, and even before TikTok, these internet videos (etc)...", and I'm just like... what the fuck is threads? And this was like, RIGHT when Threads became a thing. They astroturfed the fuck out of it everywhere, like it was really some legitimate social media site that everyone was using.
"What do you mean, buddy? We've always been on Threads. Threads has always been here. Let's get you signed up. One of us!"
I prefer those commercials over the ones I get on Amazon's free programming. They're always the same -- Something something Mr. Beast, followed by Obamacare, followed by "take these pills if you like having lots of uncontrolled gay sex." Not joking.
"They astroturfed the fuck out of it everywhere, like it was really some legitimate social media site that everyone was using." The funniest part was people discovering once you created an account you couldn't delete it without nuking your instagram.