Is it creepy when brands pester you on social media?

Re:Is it creepy when brands pester you on social media? by ardy42 on Saturday February 16, 2019 @10:38AM (#19179046)

> When you choose to call out a person/company (good or bad) in an electronic public square, I think it's fair for other people/companies to jump into the conversation if they so choose.

It's also tacky and annoying. None of the intended participants in the conversation want that, and that kind of behavior is either going push the conversation onto private channels or motivate blocking.

A lot of people value an audience of "real people like me, minus the corporate hustlers and corporate ad-bots." It's unfortunate that are current society lets the latter swoop in an choke to death all kinds of good things.

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Re:Is it creepy when brands pester you on social media? by NPMaxwell on Saturday February 16, 2019 @11:14AM (#19179253)

What you are describing is a use case for a product that is not yet available. Opportunity there.

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Re:Is it creepy when brands pester you on social media? by Gene_Parmesan on Saturday February 16, 2019 @03:56PM (#19180885)

The problem is, the only way this product could exist would be if people paid for it. I can't see that happening. People expect almost everything online to be free now, but most don't understand what they're actually paying is their privacy.

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Re:Is it creepy when brands pester you on social media? by ardy42 on Sunday February 17, 2019 @11:53AM (#19185362)

You could still support such a product with ads. The only difference from Twitter is that corporate/marketing accounts would be forbidden from contacting users unsolicited.

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