It might a bit conspiratorial on my part but this post is super uninteresting. Feels like some intern at a Marvel PR department made this post on a schedule and then it got upvoted by bots to drive engagement. The comments in the thread are just as uninteresting as the post.

  • @DerPapa69@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    22
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    I’m 100% convinced that many top posts and even numerous memes are actually created by companies. So many memes nowadays are literally just ads for fast food chains or the newest shows on Netflix or what have you

    • @iskra
      link
      13
      edit-2
      2 years ago

      Removed by mod

      • Catradora-Stalinism☭
        link
        102 years ago

        Honestly some would call this nuts to think happens, but when you see what else they do, memes are just the tip of the iceberg

        • @iskra
          link
          12
          edit-2
          2 years ago

          Removed by mod

        • @VictimOfReligion
          link
          82 years ago

          There has always been a department of what we call now “influencers” in marketing/propaganda. It’s nothing new and people should know that.

          • Lenins2ndCat
            link
            8
            edit-2
            2 years ago

            Before social media they were sports people, writers, music artists, filmstars. The term “influencer” isn’t new and had been part of marketing degrees pre-internet simply referring to specific individuals with an audience that they held influential power over.

            Today it’s used to generally refer to everyone with any kind of social media following, referring to everyone from bloggers to tweeters to streamers and youtubers to thirstposters on instagram. Ultimately it hasn’t changed in meaning much it’s just moved out of marketing rooms and into collective use.

            • @VictimOfReligion
              link
              42 years ago

              Yup, I just didn’t heard the therm before the Social Media boom, maybe because in Spain it uses another therm?.. But yeah that.

    • @Mzuark
      link
      82 years ago

      Oh I’m absolutely certain. A lot of popular trends feel artificial and corporate, even if it’s pornographic in nature.

  • MarxStuff
    link
    192 years ago

    inevitable karma farm for children and manchildren to say something ‘‘unpopular’’ that is actually quite popular

  • @VictimOfReligion
    link
    15
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    I studied marketing. Yes, this is a marketing strategy and also a market/population study. Social Media was invented for this specifically.

    • lemmygrabberOP
      link
      5
      edit-2
      2 years ago

      Yes. It’s impossible to browse the website without an account unless using a frontend like libreddit or teddit.