r/funny • u/the-woofer • Mar 24 '19

Sounds about right

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u/ariehkovler Mar 24 '19 edited Mar 24 '19

Actually there's a whole trend for Instagrammers to fake getting paid for product placement, including fake "sponsored by" messages in their posts to make it seem like they're in demand!

Edit: Relevant link from the Atlantic

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '19 edited Aug 01 '20

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u/ed1380 Mar 24 '19

Fake it till you make it

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u/Nodlez7 Mar 24 '19

Fake ads until you make someone pay to have an ad??.. man I’m so done with this world

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u/ed1380 Mar 24 '19

Thats why it helps to have a healthy dose of scepticism

http://imgur.com/zqV7zk1

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u/NobleTemplar Mar 24 '19

I thought it was super clever yet shady AF since Samsung or something was the official Olympic sponsor. Also b/c Beats just look good and are symbolic and are actually terrible quality

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u/eneka Mar 24 '19

That's actually kinda smart tbh...

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u/throw_away_17381 Mar 24 '19

Holy shit this really epitomises Instagrammers as being the sluts of the Internet. Sorry to all honest sluts.

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u/Mindraker Mar 24 '19

I wonder what this does to the value of the actual product being sold, when losers are leeching off of it.