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
    22·
    3 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

      • Catradora-Stalinism☭
        10·
        3 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

        • VictimOfReligion
          8·
          3 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
            8·
            3 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
              4·
              3 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
      8·
      3 years ago

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