I hate these kinds of articles. Not the content—I'm interested in finding out more about this ridiculous burger—but the format: It's like some next level shitposting. We used to make fun of sites...
I hate these kinds of articles. Not the content—I'm interested in finding out more about this ridiculous burger—but the format:
"Internet freaks out over x! Here are a handful of Tweets!"
It's like some next level shitposting. We used to make fun of sites for having those ridiculous slideshows that made you click through a dozen pages so they get as much ad revenue as possible. Now we basically have articles that take a picture's worth of news, and then leverage the shitty pithy comment section that is Twitter to stretch things out into an "article". It's just an advertisement in the end, but somehow more irritating.
I never thought I'd see the day when I'd prefer to see ads... but I'd rather see an actual ad for this burger than a glorified re-printed advertisement dressed up with shitty Tweets about how a handful of people can't even.
honest question: does anybody actually care about this, or is it just the usual "here's a few people who are talking about it on social media, ergo it must be a huge hit!" that most of these...
honest question: does anybody actually care about this, or is it just the usual "here's a few people who are talking about it on social media, ergo it must be a huge hit!" that most of these articles tend to be? because i have not seen a single significant or insignificant person actually give a fuck about this. i've heard nothing from my casual spaces on twitter, nor from the literally five thousand journalists i follow through lists on twitter, which i think might say something about how confined anybody caring about this must be, if there are any people who genuinely do care to begin with.
Agreed, but this gray area will be difficult to maintain. I think back to that whole Opt Outside stunt that REI did a few years ago where they closed stores on Black Friday and gave their...
Agreed, but this gray area will be difficult to maintain. I think back to that whole Opt Outside stunt that REI did a few years ago where they closed stores on Black Friday and gave their employees the day off. That's technically an ad as it was done for PR, but it's also a newsworthy story as it relates to consumerism and business culture.
In any case, a burger with a pancake in the middle is not an entire store closing down on a major consumer holiday, so I'm pretty comfortable saying this shouldn't be posted.
I hate these kinds of articles. Not the content—I'm interested in finding out more about this ridiculous burger—but the format:
It's like some next level shitposting. We used to make fun of sites for having those ridiculous slideshows that made you click through a dozen pages so they get as much ad revenue as possible. Now we basically have articles that take a picture's worth of news, and then leverage the shitty pithy comment section that is Twitter to stretch things out into an "article". It's just an advertisement in the end, but somehow more irritating.
I never thought I'd see the day when I'd prefer to see ads... but I'd rather see an actual ad for this burger than a glorified re-printed advertisement dressed up with shitty Tweets about how a handful of people can't even.
this is an advert for a burger
honest question: does anybody actually care about this, or is it just the usual "here's a few people who are talking about it on social media, ergo it must be a huge hit!" that most of these articles tend to be? because i have not seen a single significant or insignificant person actually give a fuck about this. i've heard nothing from my casual spaces on twitter, nor from the literally five thousand journalists i follow through lists on twitter, which i think might say something about how confined anybody caring about this must be, if there are any people who genuinely do care to begin with.
This is an ad for IHOP. Let's try to keep Tildes ad free
Agreed, but this gray area will be difficult to maintain. I think back to that whole Opt Outside stunt that REI did a few years ago where they closed stores on Black Friday and gave their employees the day off. That's technically an ad as it was done for PR, but it's also a newsworthy story as it relates to consumerism and business culture.
In any case, a burger with a pancake in the middle is not an entire store closing down on a major consumer holiday, so I'm pretty comfortable saying this shouldn't be posted.
I'm removing this, I think other people have already explained why it's really not suitable content for Tildes.
I think this kind of "content" has no place on this platform. This is clearly an advertisement and should be removed.