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Re:I changed my mind about advertising by pksebben on Thursday February 10, 2022 @11:07AM (#30288167)
that's nonsense. memes do not rely on advertising to exist, and as advertising is a service (that costs money) it's the biggest wallets that benefit the most from it.

hell, look at Facebook and Google, both advertising companies and I'd argue two of the biggest and most entrenched.

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Re:I changed my mind about advertising by stickfigure on Thursday February 10, 2022 @12:23PM (#30289474)
Organic meme spread is extremely random and unpredictable. Yes, rich people (and conglomerations of not-so-rich people) have better access to advertising. So what?

Facebook and Google are just mediums, like "television" in the abstract. The social value of advertising comes from the people doing the advertising. Like everything, some of it's crap and some of it's great.

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