Comment on Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say
jqubed@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoPeople have been suggesting this as a strategy at least since New Coke debuted. We can’t always definitively say that was actually the plan, but sometimes we can like with IHOP.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Did anyone actually think the IHOP rebranding was real? That looked like a promo trying to force itself viral from the second they announced it.
jqubed@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No, I think that was always pretty obvious. There are other times (like this with Cracker Barrel) where it’s more up for debate