i'm noticing more and more people are unwittingly advertising products/services/brands, and when they are, those people aren't really discussing a subject so much as they are advertising the product and modeling what they say not specifically about the product to fit the motif of their talk about the product. i've now actually talked directly to one, and it was like talking to a brick wall with an ad on it... the human being - well at least i hope it was a human being - - it purported to be one anyway - - had no idea, even when i directly confronted it and tried to explain, that it's an ad at the moment - not a person - but it wouldn't understand nor listen. it was eerie, like trying to talk to the girl in the most recent south park episodes, but a very poor beta version that really can't hold a conversation.
be careful voatspiracists; the ads are among us.
discuss your experiences with "human" ads and the idea that this a conspiracy of the highest order to usher in the next phase of advertising and social manipulation.
edit: clarification concept: when you tell your friends about a product/service (eg: duckduckgo) are you just telling your friend use this to be safe or are you an ad or both? i'm seeing more "adpersontizing" happening in voat, and i'm bringing it up as a possible conspiracy. the advertisers are here and we're being used as a test bed for a new-ish form of dirty advertising.
edit 2: this is an ongoing thing i'm seeing, not some established well evidenced conspiracy. just keep your eyes open and watch out :)
final edit: i'm out for a while, but i've learned i need to explain things more succinctly, even in text. imagine, i speak in greater volume irl, so, well, it's an ongoing battle. stay aware!
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Drenki ago
The worst thing I see are people promoting their YouTube channel or game. And those are usually posts, not comment spam or anything.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
Amateur_Wizard ago
OHHHH LIKE THAT
Ok now i get the ad thing, my previous comment was all...
"this motherfucker hasn't heard of word of mouth before?"
but yeah, having a discussion about cats, and then someone interjects with something completely off topic and a plug for a good or a service isn't good.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
SaneGoatiSwear ago
Drenki ago
Sorry man, I don't understand what you're trying to say here.
Every link on Voat is a tacit advertisement for something. But there's a difference between posting a single link to a thing you want to share and posting that same link into 20 different threads.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
pitenius ago
Most common among Californians, in my experience. They wear Levi's, not pants, etc. It's gotten so bad that I often don't know the shit they're talking about: "She said my new Fossil looked like crap" "Sorry, man. Was it a cool one, like a trilobite or crinoid?" blank stare
Drenki ago
You're saying that people discuss things that can be bought or might be the product of a company like a news site? And that's a conspiracy?
Or you're saying that people ought to use generic terms in their examples or something so instead of /v/AmazonDailyDeals they ought to write /v/MegaOnlineRetailerDailyDeals?
Your description is really vague and you haven't given anyone any exmaples.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
Drenki ago
I can read the front page just fine. But you have utterly failed to describe what I'm supposed to look for. Stop posting when you're stoned.
SaneGoatiSwear ago