• Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    why the fuck is the world bank advertising on anything? are they hoping heads of state are looking to adverts when they need a spare 4 trillion ?

    EDIT : I was going to take out a loan from the IMF, but this twitter ad changed my mind to the World Bank instead.

    • NegativeInf@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Subliminal sentiment bending techniques? See positive money stuff in your feed, line goes up because you believe things are good and invest somewhere. Maybe not with them, but all lines end up lining their pockets. Except Nazis apparently. That’s a line too far.

    • M0oP0o@mander.xyzOP
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      5 months ago

      I guarantee there is a full time person making a lot of money that has to come up with a good reason.

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      5 months ago

      Military contractors advertise on the London underground because MPs, MI5 and MI6 have plenty of staff who commute.
      Plenty of public servants use social media.
      In Scotland, Scottish Water (a publicly owned nationalised company) has to advertise.

      It’s not necessarily about selling new products, but maintaining awareness and keeping up opinion.

      • nate3d@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Exactly this. Marketing and Sales are two different beasts and advertisements can serve either or both at the same time.

      • kn33@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        It’s like Dell or HP advertising servers on YouTube. Is some guy watching YouTube videos going to go out and buy a server? Probably not. He might make purchasing decisions for his company, though.