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Where everyone’s an influencer and everything’s for sale - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The video feed of Flip, a short-form vertical app, is a 2020s QVC in a nightmare, as if a bunch of teens started an influencer marketing agency where brand safety is not a real concept. It doesn’t really matter what’s in these videos, as long as the product being reviewed is linked below.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

kinda odd that the article is supposedly talking about a specific app but it feels like it applies to all mainstream social networks, media sites and even the broader internet

oh don't forget to click their affiliate links btw and read year another of their 'the best gifts you can buy for [made up forced holiday that's coming]'