Astroturfing is pretty standard everywhere. They are still banned on Gaf if they get found out.Am I right about this? Someone confirm pls
Funny how many of these posts have come from juniors who have registered between June 1-3 of this year.
This year's batch of juniors has been among the very worst.
*checks rinemy's email account*
*immediately recognizes Microsoft partnership*
*calls to wife for advice on how to spell 'disingenuous' for the ban message*
*goes back to playing GTA V*
In a year filled with suspect juniors and straw grasping of the highest order, you're standing out for all the wrong reasons.
Hi guys,
A friendly PSA to all astroturfers, internet marketing firms, and the like trying to change the conversation here on the forums:
Learn to better cover your tracks. I highly recommend IP spoofing and resisting the urge to leave cute breadcrumbs in your profile.
At the very least, it'll be more entertaining for me to track you down and nail your hides to the proverbial gates.
Toodles,
-bish
Microsoft is preying on the naive, greedy YouTube channels who think they can make a quick buck. But who is the real winner at the end of the day? Microsoft.
Cheap, crowd-sourced advertising. Millions of impressions. Let the personalities do the advertising for you...it's brilliant. I applaud their 21st-century way of marketing.
Now if it only wasn't so deceitful...
I say just ban all new registration for a year. I don't enjoy propaganda. I come to GAF for gaming advice and dealing with astroturfers makes it that much harder.Some comments made by Bish earlier in the year:
One of mine has over 500k views (a strange goal the Buffalo Sabres scored a couple weeks ago), but that's because I posted it on Reddit and it went viral.
I don't really get what's wrong with this. Sounds like a very efficient way to market a product.
I mean it's obviously deceitful if you go on youtube and you have no idea whether someone pimping the XBO is being genuine or not or if they're just wanting to get paid. If it were not deceitful, there'd be a disclaimer before the "promotion" video that it was, in fact, a promotion video. If you are not abreast of this pay scheme, as many clearly were not, then you could easily be fooled into thinking such positive impressions were someone's real and honest opinion.
Now it's clear that you can never be sure when someone is being honest about the system or just a paid shill.
Same would be true if it were Nintendo or Sony, and if this is a common practice, all it means is youtube videos are pointless for impressions since we now have no way of knowing who is being truthful or not.
I don't really get what's wrong with this. Sounds like a very efficient way to market a product.
How gross. Seems like Microsoft is banking on dirty, disingenuous marketing to make this awful platform look like it's great.
Because it's getting people to talk about their product on a huge, influential social network.
How is it not a smart idea..? Haha.
What is so funny bout ordering McDonalds
Microsoft is advertising this thing to hell. There is no way it would not sell a million in the US. If you put enough money into advertising, you can sell just about anything. And MS has enough money.
Internationally though, that's a whole other story.
I was just thinking the same thing.
It's sorta funny how microsoft has spent a fuck ton on marketing and still getting outsold by the ps4.
Sony don't engage in marketing?
$3 per 1000 views?
Is this some kind of sick joke?
This should be hitting all gaming news outlets tomorrow.
Don't forget to email Polygon. Will be highly amusing to see their take on this...
This campaign caps at 1.25 million views.
Microsoft is paying $3750. Total. This is nothing.
Suddenly becomes the console of choice for many personalities.
In the UK, the USA and the EU endorsements for material gain, without disclosure of material compensation (i.e. payment) is against the law, and is not just "Advertising". to re-iterate:
Microsoft continues to think everything and everyone is for sale. Unfortunately, enough people are that they continue to push the industry in a direction I loathe.
They keep finding new ways to make me regret ever supporting the Xbox brand.
To be fair, Sony has also been doing some buying of their own.
Ever since Sony "partnered" with Chris Smoove (Youtuber), he's been doing several PS4 giveaways and videos with sports stars playing PS4 in their home.