• davetortoise@reddthat.com
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    4 days ago

    Hi this is a relatively new form of ‘ragebait’ ad which is designed to be shared on social media by people who hate it.

    The vast majority of people think it’s disgusting, but it gets shared around enough that the CO’s which they’re actually marketing to will see it and be tempted.

    Please don’t give it the attention it wants.

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        4 days ago

        Yes. It loosely fits into the category of viral marketing, which usually tries to exploit positive emotions to spread brand awareness (eg. through memes), but in this case they’re achieving the same effect by harnessing people’s anger at the state of the world. It’s a little dark!

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        Hate drives post interaction more than any other emotion, advertising is now all about online post interaction because it’s where many people shop now. Anytime you feel upset at an Ad it means it worked because you thought about it.

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      4 days ago

      Well, shit
      772 upvotes at the moment I’m replying
      And I fell for the rage bait too
      Seems to work too well…