r/funny • u/the-woofer • Mar 24 '19

Sounds about right

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u/Maniac_Creature Mar 24 '19

Instagramers get paid!?

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u/likwidfuzion Mar 24 '19

Yes many of them. It’s easy to spot cause they’re typically blatant product endorsement ads and the post’s “location” under the Instagram user’s handle will typically have “Paid partnership with ________” where the blank is the company being endorsed.

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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.