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The more I read about that, the more I want to start an instagram of a stereotypical loser.
>The more I read about that, the more I want to start an instagram of a stereotypical loser. It wouldn't be popular. People crave escapism. The very fact that you're satirising exactly that is what defeats the purpose.
Related: Black Mirror, S01E02 - Fifteen Million Merits.
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Bill Hicks never figured out the meaning of life. The entire purpose of life is to market. You get up in the morning and brush your teeth so that you're more marketable than the slob that doesn't. Everything you do can be traced back to marketing. The more people understand that, the better off they will be at handling life.
I don't brush my teeth every morning. And I still manage to have a life that is more than enjoyable
I'm with Bill Hicks when it comes to advertising and marketing. I adblock. I pirate. I don't use Facebook or other social networking sites. I don't want advertising in my life. It's propaganda. It shits in your head. If there's anybody reading this who works in those industries: you thought Generation X was cynical?
You should check out the 'Ultimate Bill Hicks' DVD available. Amazon have got it at reduced price at the moment and it is excellent. I laughed and laughed.
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For anyone not familiar with French philosopher Jean Baudrillard, I recommend reading up on his ideas around 'posed reality', as it were. ____ "Simulacra are copies that depict things that either had no original to begin with, or that no longer have an original. Baudrillard believed that society has become so saturated with these simulacra and our lives so saturated with the constructs of society that all meaning was…
"All that once was directly lived has become mere representation." "Where the real world changes into simple images, the simple images become real beings and effective motivations of hypnotic behavior." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle
http://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2013/january/la-civiliza...
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You should check out the 'Ultimate Bill Hicks' DVD available. Amazon have got it at reduced price at the moment and it is excellent. I laughed and laughed.
Ironic that you literally threw an ad right in the parent's face through this simple comment.
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I guess(and hope) more and more people are going to accept the fact, most beautiful photos on social media are fake and crafted reality. The people appeared in a photo just like a cartoon character similarly. What you see is not reality but dream you want to live with. Just like you are watching a movie, sometime you can get out from the movie, but you know it is a movie deep in your heart
But when I pay for a movie ticket or rent in on NetFlix/Apple TV/whatever, I am expecting it to be fiction, and I am mentally prepared to lose myself in the experience. Same with books, theme parks, plays etc. However, when I follow people on social media, I am expecting something that is a little more 1 to 1, and a lot more real. I am interested in programming, guitars, aviation etc. and follow people with the same…
We live in a society where, because ad dollars drive so much of online commerce, attention _is_ currency. And right now influencer marketing is outperforming many other channels, so naturally a lot of money is headed this direction, allowing many 'ordinary' people to monetize. I don't think this is a problem - I believe in the power of the internet democratizing revenue opportunities and disrupting outdated media cha…
My wife and I were just talking about this today, coincidentally. She follows a few people around the world who are artists or collectors on IG. She pointed out to me that when she started following some of them more than a year ago, they had a few hundred followers, and were posting general stuff, but which all felt heartfelt and 'in the moment'. I think 'genuine' was the word my wife used. Kids doing silly things.…
For anyone not familiar with French philosopher Jean Baudrillard, I recommend reading up on his ideas around 'posed reality', as it were. ____ "Simulacra are copies that depict things that either had no original to begin with, or that no longer have an original. Baudrillard believed that society has become so saturated with these simulacra and our lives so saturated with the constructs of society that all meaning was…
I would have liked to see him continue the test without the photography, keeping just the bots and offshore friend farming - I have a feeling that's most of it. TL;DR: How to get Instagram followers: - photo quality is very important, pay for a professional - submit 3 posts a day, try to make them interesting, but that's only medium important - pay for bot to like and comment on posts with similar hash tags, so their…
Presumably without the professional photography no one would be interested in buying advertising space (product placement, hashtagging brands) on his account, so you need a veneer of 'authenticity'. I guess that at a minimum this means having a model unique to your account (himself in this case) along with the other trimmings of an influencer (the muesli with lime curd blob type of shots). Here is my recipe for a gol…
My wife and I were just talking about this today, coincidentally. She follows a few people around the world who are artists or collectors on IG. She pointed out to me that when she started following some of them more than a year ago, they had a few hundred followers, and were posting general stuff, but which all felt heartfelt and 'in the moment'. I think 'genuine' was the word my wife used. Kids doing silly things.…
Knowing the real nature of life and your fellow human beings may have some undesired side effects. It may need a greatness of mind for not stopping to love them. Be careful what you wish for.
Sometimes it is better letting people to show a fake and unrealistic picture and acting the fool letting they think you belive what you see.