From the viewpoint of someone who likes new and interesting forms of entertainment, viral marketing has its appeal. It's new, it's different, and it can be really amusing to get caught up in the games.
From the viewpoint of someone who's got ethics though, lying is wrong and I want to smack somebody for thinking this was a good idea. Ah, contradiction.
I don't know how to notice these things more, or less. I either do or I don't. Something like this, where there's no emotional investment, simply amuses me. If there were more of an investment from me I'd be more upset, but generally I'm just amused and surprised.
The dumbest thing I've ever been disappointed by? Hmm. Well, a lot of really dumb people have disappointed me in life...
Yes, I like the advertising that is more game-like than just staring at a print ad, like those puzzles for the da vinci code.
Do you think viral marketing can still be effective if it's indicated somewhere that it is an ad? Does it lose any 'power' it has once you know it's an ad?
Right, that's why lying sucks, the emotional investment. I wouldn't have been disapointed if it weren't for how excited I got over seeing a woman stick it to her man. If the subject had been different, I wouldn't have cared.
I think it does lose its appeal then, because knowing its an ad is a sort of shield against it. It can't suck you in as easily. We're social creatures and the idea of being to connect to one another in a safe but intense way is very appealing to us, just on an instinctive level.
(My anthropology professor would kill me for that statement, but nyah, she won't see it.)
I never gossip in public, you never know who might see it.
Sometimes I like to renumber lists. One become twenty, two becomes trout, and three is an ampersand. It really confuses people.
((On the subject of advertising... On the one hand, I prefer advertising that is actually entertaining. The funny/silly commericals that you can laugh about to your coworkers and such, or that draw you in more... That make you want to check out the product
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Oh yeah, the funny commercials are the best. Not only does it put you in a good mood, but you remember them much more than the ones than just...gloss and talk. I really dont know why more advertisers go for the humour.
Yes, insulted and manipulated, that's it exactly. They try to capitalize on our emotions and they do that very well when we dont know it is fake, but once we do, oh the anger!
I find advertising on the net it becoming worse and worse. like how they show an ad and say "click here to continue" or the those box inserts that are so neumerous that I can't even read the article! Very annoying.
((You know, for the instinct part, that's really hard to say. I mean, I do notice a lot of my gut instincts, but I have a habit of second-guessing them.
Also, for the stuff that's kinda borderling urban legend but probably at least 90% plausible and you aren't sure? I work at a courthouse. People do INSANE things in real life. So there's some stuff that I'll find halfway plausible that others might just brush off because I've actually seen the police reports and such of people pulling something similar.
So really, probably the best solution is simply to have a healthy sense of skepticism for such things, and to be willing to accept "impossible to either confirm or deny" as an option.))
Player!Omega steps forward ((aka: OOC))omegax123July 19 2006, 17:03:51 UTC
1)Dunno, sorry. In my case, sometimes it clicks, sometimes it doesn't, and nothing I do, have done, or can do seems to affect how often it clicks.
2)Three words: I Love Bees. Not the ARG/viral campaign itself, but that it was fake. I mean, I knew it couldn't be real, but when I found out for sure, found out it was just an ad for Halo 2....
3)Not weird at all. I do it all the time, myself, so if it's weird, then we both fall into that category of weird. And technically it's not exactly lying, it's viral marketing - there's a difference, even if it's just semantics.
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From the viewpoint of someone who's got ethics though, lying is wrong and I want to smack somebody for thinking this was a good idea. Ah, contradiction.
I don't know how to notice these things more, or less. I either do or I don't. Something like this, where there's no emotional investment, simply amuses me. If there were more of an investment from me I'd be more upset, but generally I'm just amused and surprised.
The dumbest thing I've ever been disappointed by? Hmm. Well, a lot of really dumb people have disappointed me in life...
And yes, all out of order, I know. ;)
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Do you think viral marketing can still be effective if it's indicated somewhere that it is an ad? Does it lose any 'power' it has once you know it's an ad?
Right, that's why lying sucks, the emotional investment. I wouldn't have been disapointed if it weren't for how excited I got over seeing a woman stick it to her man. If the subject had been different, I wouldn't have cared.
People? Ooh, let's gossip :D
I am shocked I didn't use a numbered list. XD
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(My anthropology professor would kill me for that statement, but nyah, she won't see it.)
I never gossip in public, you never know who might see it.
Sometimes I like to renumber lists. One become twenty, two becomes trout, and three is an ampersand. It really confuses people.
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Yes, insulted and manipulated, that's it exactly. They try to capitalize on our emotions and they do that very well when we dont know it is fake, but once we do, oh the anger!
I find advertising on the net it becoming worse and worse. like how they show an ad and say "click here to continue" or the those box inserts that are so neumerous that I can't even read the article! Very annoying.
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Also, for the stuff that's kinda borderling urban legend but probably at least 90% plausible and you aren't sure? I work at a courthouse. People do INSANE things in real life. So there's some stuff that I'll find halfway plausible that others might just brush off because I've actually seen the police reports and such of people pulling something similar.
So really, probably the best solution is simply to have a healthy sense of skepticism for such things, and to be willing to accept "impossible to either confirm or deny" as an option.))
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Yes, people are very very strange.
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2)Three words: I Love Bees. Not the ARG/viral campaign itself, but that it was fake. I mean, I knew it couldn't be real, but when I found out for sure, found out it was just an ad for Halo 2....
3)Not weird at all. I do it all the time, myself, so if it's weird, then we both fall into that category of weird. And technically it's not exactly lying, it's viral marketing - there's a difference, even if it's just semantics.
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oh that was brilliant.
no, there is no difference.
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