An epidemic of fake influencers and the death of meritocracy

Re:An epidemic of fake influencers and the death of meritocracy by Swizec on Monday April 08, 2019 @11:30PM (#19611526)

Influencers aren’t ads. Influencers are product placement.

Oh you thought it was a coincidence that every desk in MI5 has a Curvoiser bottle always pointing at the camera? Or that Black Panther chases a Mercedes not a Maseratti?

No such thing as a brand shown by accident.

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Re:An epidemic of fake influencers and the death of meritocracy by Nasrudith on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @09:27AM (#19614331)

The funny thing is aggressive copyright law is to blame for it and lawyers forcing "brand x-ing". Without it we might see more "organic" classification intended to reflect the character like the old noir smoking cliches. Sure there would be manipulations still but it wouldn't be approved as a norm and other intrusions like "don't show the fancy sports car getting dented after ramming a gunman at 120 mph".

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Re:An epidemic of fake influencers and the death of meritocracy by stochastic_monk on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @01:42AM (#19612119)

I’m reminded that ET’s iconic candy was Reese’s Pieces instead of M&Ms because Mars said no.

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