sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoSmart glasses are deeply creepy. Why are celebrities like Kylie Jenner endorsing them?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down18
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkSmart glasses are deeply creepy. Why are celebrities like Kylie Jenner endorsing them?www.theguardian.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squaremavu@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·3 days agobecause they get paid…? Is it hard to understand for some people that “influencer” is a job title that actually hides very little of the day to day business they do.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoWe already had a word for them: “shill.” “Vapid greedhead” would also work.
minus-squaremavu@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoyeah, but now we have a new word for it, and it’s “influencer”.
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days agoThey have already sold out by definition so their fans won’t care if they attach their name to capitalist surveillance tech.
minus-squareOrgunDonor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoI mean, along with being complete sell outs, I think they are also just creepy people as well. They fit the smart glasses personality.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 days agoWhat I want to know is: if you’ve got a product that has been market tested and proven for a decade to be creepy, why do you pick a celebrity with a creepy dad to promote it? Are they just trying to own that sliver of market share that doesn’t care?
because they get paid…?
Is it hard to understand for some people that “influencer” is a job title that actually hides very little of the day to day business they do.
We already had a word for them: “shill.”
“Vapid greedhead” would also work.
yeah, but now we have a new word for it, and it’s “influencer”.
They have already sold out by definition so their fans won’t care if they attach their name to capitalist surveillance tech.
I mean, along with being complete sell outs, I think they are also just creepy people as well.
They fit the smart glasses personality.
What I want to know is: if you’ve got a product that has been market tested and proven for a decade to be creepy, why do you pick a celebrity with a creepy dad to promote it? Are they just trying to own that sliver of market share that doesn’t care?