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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 points 17 hours ago

yeah that's how marketing is done now.

yeah, i hate it too.

[–] 5in1k@lemmy.zip 9 points 20 hours ago

Charlie Kirk. Do Charlie next. Insane astroturfing with that fuck.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 3 points 21 hours ago

Lmao, that's way too based for Chuck to have made himself.

[–] ImADifferentBird@piefed.blahaj.zone 56 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That makes sense. The new logo was dumb and bland, but I can't imagine anyone caring that much.

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

I saw it said it was dumb and moved on... and then there was this whole thing about it... was weird... then they changed it back and I said thats dumb and moved on...

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Unless you live in the vicinity of one, how often do you even think about them. I think I've seen maybe one in my life but I'm not in the south

I do live near one, it's next door to my credit union. I pay it absolutely no mind.

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

Nazi, fascist bots. Amirite?

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can those researchers study the 2024 election...?

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The researchers are also bots.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

We are all bots on this blessed day

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Ohh it’s been a long while since I saw a KenM reference.

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Seems close to being tortious interference / negligent interference. They're just lying to damage a business.

[–] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago
[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] f1error@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Proper credit.

I don't even eat there, but I still thought the new logo was absurdly bad.

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just another attempt at market manipulation. Somethink akin to trying to speedrun Coke->New Coke->Coke Classic.

There are bigger fish to fry.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 19 hours ago

The "everything was done on purpose" conspiracy is a classic.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 hours ago

No, it's been a thing for years, especially during the election(s). This was much more easier to isolate and measure, I think, because there's really no reason to tie it to politics.

Well, obviously. That's been hapoening with other stuff too - eg the phrase "Blue Anon." Sometimes stuff like this is for market manipulation, eg shorting Cracker Barrel stock.