@schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 month agoGoogle threatened tech influencers unless they ‘preferred’ the Pixelwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down119 cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.worldgooglepixel@lemmy.world
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minus-square@forgotmylastusername@lemmy.mllinkfedilink58•edit-21 month agoInfluencer is a fancy word for salesman. Instead of going door to door like grandpa did in the old days, they stream directly to your device.
minus-squareScruffyDuckylinkfedilink8•edit-21 month agoinfluencers used to be called attention whores but you can’t really use that term if you want to shill products
minus-square@SidewaysHighways@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•1 month agoYeah that’s kinda my whole disconnect from this stuff from the get go. These guys were begging for attention! Huge turn off
Influencer is a fancy word for salesman. Instead of going door to door like grandpa did in the old days, they stream directly to your device.
influencers used to be called attention whores but you can’t really use that term if you want to shill products
Yeah that’s kinda my whole disconnect from this stuff from the get go. These guys were begging for attention! Huge turn off