Comment on If you see a bunch of otherwise normal people with the same odd behavior then you are probably seeing the effects of a marketing campign. The effects can last for years, even decades.

Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A lot of ‘word of mouth’ fads are initiated by clever marketing pretending to be word of mouth or something other than marketing.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I really should have used a better example like a tiktok dance/challenge instead of a physical product.

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      TikTok is just an endless stream of ads

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    • idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Or new slang

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    • Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Tiktok dances are generally marketing to get new songs popular. They pay the biggest channels and it snowballs from there.

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  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I don’t think the “Harlem Shake” had commercial interests. Whole was making money off of that?

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    • Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      …time.com/…/how-your-harlem-shake-videos-makes-mo…

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    • Auntievenim@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Bauuer?

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• orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You think fidget spinners apparated from thin air?

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Obviously not.

    They’re created through alchemy.

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    • orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Ah, yes. That’s Arabic for “The Chemy.”

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