• 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.

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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.

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        5 months ago

        Amateur Nazi Daily Vlog. Day 237: Another Fail at Drawing Swastika. Practicing Roman Salute In The Bathroom. How I Spat On The Sidewalk Near A Restaurant With A Jewish Owner And Got Barked At By A Dog.

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    5 months ago

    The question isn’t “What will Elon do about this?” Rather, it’s “Who will Elon sue about this?”

    Ha

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      5 months ago

      The real question is - who is amoral/cynical enough to have kept on advertising on twifter after the toxic owner showed his true colors with the policy regressions over a year ago already?

        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          I’m not defending hitler. I’m saying even hitler didn’t chose the nazis over money. If Germany weren’t so broke from the great recession, hitler would have never come to power.