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when you see some YouTuber come up on /g/, do you actually fall for the bait? (lemdit.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Gnubyte@lemdit.com to c/greentext@lemmy.ml

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Do you guys really buy into these self ads for influencers

It's a tale as old as time: YouTuber's PR team or the influencer themselves post the influencers face to /G/ and say "is he our savior?". Then people take the bait and ask who, along with original poster. The person then looks up guys name and watches their YouTube videos.

Somehow 🙄 the mods just don't see or take down the post! As if it's legitimate chatter about some influencer, who isn't tech.

...Do you guys actually fall for this shit?

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[–] Fantomas@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am not smart. I mean, I'm on /g/ for a start.

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Better than being on /vt/.

[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People have been falling for this shit on every 4chan board, in fact, every forum in the history of the internet.

[–] PhatInferno@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

Bait threads are the internets bread and butter

[–] GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Very funny to think that people astroturf on /g/.

[–] Gnubyte@lemdit.com 3 points 2 years ago

You're right. Maybe u/gnubyte is our savior?!

His patreon is loaded with funny and tech posts.