This is the most tone-deaf corporate bullshit I’ve ever read.
“we want people to associate us with renewable energy” promotes fossil fuel loyalty reward schemes
Oil companies are hiring TikTok influencers to court young people
Submitted 1 year ago by fry@fry.gs to technology@lemmy.world
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Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
ivanafterall@kbin.social 1 year ago
These oil guys aren't the most cunning linguists.
ebenixo@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
“companies are using social media to manipulate people and control narratives to their benefit even if it’s a lie” there fixed it
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Companys pay people to change the Wikipedia articles about them as well…
Hector_McG@programming.dev 1 year ago
Social media influencers are money-grubbing low-lives who will promote anything for some cash? Well colour me surprised.
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Eh there are some with a backbone and integrity but many are just there for the money, and many others are just assholes by default.
Rashnet@kbin.social 1 year ago
I'm not sure if they would be classified as influencers but have you ever fallen into the rabbit hole of youtube reaction channels? I fell into it because of a band I like was being heavily reacted to on youtube but I quickly noticed there is a cycle of right wing propagandists like Tom McDonald and other music type people who get featured on these reaction channels. The majority of the reactors I watch are black but they sell their souls for the traffic they get from what I assume are mostly bots that watch and comment in support of the right wing propaganda.
The first time I watched one of those reaction videos I was awestruck by how the reactor was so agreeable to the theme of "I won't apologize for being white". I know it's only tangibly related to the topic here but I have been bothered by it and wanted to share and see what other people think.
I am convinced the reactors or paid to favorably review this stuff.
Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sounds like they need some good ol fashioned nicotine regulation…
Alto@kbin.social 1 year ago
Fun fact, tobacco companies are the one that got tobacco advertising banned.
AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why would they suggest to ban their own advertising?
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Nah just set that garbage app on a blacklist.
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
DeSmog also found that Conoco, a fuel brand that split from ConocoPhillips a decade ago, paid a nail artist and content creator named Lizzy to post sponsored videos last year.
Francesca Willow, who runs a blog about sustainability and racial justice called “Ethical Unicorn,” said she received a request in May to publish a guest post by Pheasant Energy, an oil and gas company based in Fort Worth.
The Environmental Protection Agency today announced its enforcement priorities for 2024 through 2027, including for the first time initiatives to address climate change and “forever chemicals” known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
In addition to addressing climate change and PFAS, the new initiatives include protecting Americans from toxic coal ash and curbing hazardous air pollution in overburdened communities.
The Climate 202 discussed the new priorities yesterday with David Uhlmann, whom the Senate confirmed last month to lead the EPA’s enforcement office, which is tasked with holding companies accountable when they violate the nation’s environmental laws.
Hurricanes have become deadlier and have disproportionately affected the most socially vulnerable communities, according to a study released yesterday in the journal Science Advances, The Washington Post’s Kasha Patel reports.
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ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“an advertisement for the oil giant Shell’s fuel rewards program.”
THE FUCKING HORROR. LET’S BURN THEM ALIVE!
Echo71Niner@kbin.social 1 year ago
How the fuck did that pic make it in that article lol
sab@kbin.social 1 year ago
Seems to be an occasional kbin bug. Somehow it always seems to go all in on nsfw whenever it occurs. No idea what's going on behind that.
Not sure if mentions notify users here, but it's something for @ernest to look into.
squiblet@kbin.social 1 year ago
I’m having the same issue with a different post… OP said it was sleeping ducks, comments seem to suggest it is sleeping ducks, but I see a movie poster.
DarkThoughts@kbin.social 1 year ago
Somehow it always seems to go all in on nsfw whenever it occurs.
Except for actual nsfw posts on all.
Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 1 year ago
I don't know about you, but I only notice when it's a wildly different pic, usually nsfw. Probably just bias, I bet it happens all the time with pics that seem somewhat related or it's a topic (and picture) you don't care about.
roguetrick@kbin.social 1 year ago
No it totally happens in other things we just don't notice. I saw a meme replaced by a soccer player.
ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 1 year ago
She is the influencer hired...
Echo71Niner@kbin.social 1 year ago
I do not doubt that at all lol
Chozo@kbin.social 1 year ago
Replying to you, but this is actually for @sab
Just checking if you get a notification for this tag, Sab.
sab@kbin.social 1 year ago
Thanks! I did not, so that's useful info. :)
reddig33@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Gross.
ivanafterall@kbin.social 1 year ago
It's working. Consider me courted. Do I just start pouring oil on animals now or...?
pigup@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Don’t forget to light them on fire afterwards, it’s what the oil exec would have wanted 🥰
roguetrick@kbin.social 1 year ago
The joke he's making would only make sense to kbin users who have an improperly cached thumbnail.
Deceptichum@kbin.social 1 year ago
You’ve gotta lube up the pussy cats.
snooggums@kbin.social 1 year ago
Should there be a giant vagina for the thumbnail?
fry@fry.gs 1 year ago
I think there’s some issue with people on kbin seeing wrong images. Probably a question for the server admins over there. It’s normal on three of the Lemmy instances I checked on.
ivanafterall@kbin.social 1 year ago
Yes.
luthis@lemmy.nz 1 year ago
How come ya’ll are getting better thumbnails than me??
roguetrick@kbin.social 1 year ago
Now thumbnails like this are why I joined kbin.
GTKashi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Meanwhile, young people would like to invite oil companies to court.
reflex@kbin.social 1 year ago
That thumbnail got me by the bubu.
Yendor@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Oil companies (via “independent film makers”) have been paying influencers to shit on Tesla, ever since Tesla became a viable threat to big oil and legacy auto. Nothing new here.
Uranium3006@kbin.social 1 year ago
elon musk isn't gonna fuck you. you don't have to do this
Yendor@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
You’re the one simping for the companies that are making the planet unliveable for future generations for their own profit.
Plenty of evidence for what I claimed, google it yourself if you want:
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
And tesla shits on public transport…
Btw its to late to save big oil, EU already stated that all new cars from 2030 on can’t be Combustion Engine powered.
IHeartBadCode@kbin.social 1 year ago
Big oil already has massive investments in lithium. Big oil is already ready to transition to big lithium, they're just squeezing out the last bits of cash they can in oil.
Did anyone think that as EVs became popular that industrial giants like ExxonMobil would just disappear? No, big oil is already positioned to be with us another 100+ years as they strip mine the planet for lithium.
Mass transit is what was always needed, but there's little to no profit there. With EVs, it's just the same song and dance as oil but with batteries this time.
stackcheese@lemmy.world 1 year ago
how much is elon/tesla paying you to post this?
mPony@kbin.social 1 year ago
hey now, can't we loathe Musk and the big oil companies too?
sour@kbin.social 1 year ago
brooke scheurn...promoting ExxonMobil’s fuel rewards program
pregnant mother
pick one
sour@kbin.social 1 year ago
thumbnail ._.
ArugulaZ@kbin.social 1 year ago
The image that appears for this story is a woman's vagina, which is... certainly... influential.
fry@fry.gs 1 year ago
Yea, there’s definitely some weird bug for some of the users. I just see the normal image from the article. I tried on lemm.ee and also just see the normal image.
roguetrick@kbin.social 1 year ago
Kbin only problem. Usually we get something dumb from improperly cached images, but sometimes we get naked ladies and that gets a lot of attention from our instance.
Chozo@kbin.social 1 year ago
You're a mod for this community, right? I'm not sure if this would work, but if you were to add an NSFW tag to this post, I think that should federate over to Kbin, which will at least blur out the thumbnail for us.
Though that may also end up hiding the post from users who have NSFW disabled on their accounts, so it might not be worth doing.
roguetrick@kbin.social 1 year ago
Only for Kbin users.
Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 1 year ago
Funny thing is, kbin shadow bans almost all nsfw content.
Seraph@kbin.social 1 year ago
Hey Kbin buddies here in the comments because random vagina!
tonytins@pawb.social 1 year ago
What the flying fuck?
fry@fry.gs 1 year ago
Yea, it’s definitely weird on more than one level 😂
FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 year ago
Pretty sure that thumbnail isn't from the article. I searched the article really hard for it.