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.

• partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Auntievenim@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bauuer?

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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  • idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Or new slang

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    TikTok is just an endless stream of ads

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