On a more serious note, how does this work? Do they pay for followers, influencers to promote it, directly for articles like this?
I’m really starting to think we need updated legislation for labelling ads.
I’m really starting to think we need updated legislation for labelling ads.
So you don't have to pay high-profile influencers, who might be expensive or give away that it's a paid campaign.
A marketing company comes up with an adequate post, posts it on one site and gets it upvoted, and with a bit of luck there you have it, it gets reposted onto other sites and maybe even ends up in conventional media.
I strongly suspect the "we get it, you vape" meme was brought-and-paid-for by the cigarette industry by these means.
You can hire ad agencies to make fake terrorist videos and promote racial division [2] so it's not like advertisers are too ethical to do this type of stuff.
[1] https://upvotes.club/buy/hacker-news-upvote/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell_Pottinger&ol...