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> Yes. If you are paid to advertise something, it is an ad. Good luck with that definition. Is a person wearing sponsored designer clothing on the red carpet
by nilved 10y ago
> Yes. If you are paid to advertise something, it is an ad.
Good luck with that definition. Is a person wearing sponsored designer clothing on the red carpet obligated to declare that the didn't pay for it? Or does that obligation only arrive when someone takes a photo of them?
I do think that sponsored posts are a big problem, but it's exactly as much of a problem as the product placement that buffets us elsewhere in life, and equally as impossible to prevent.
- Spivak 10y ago> Is a person wearing sponsored designer clothing on the red carpet obligated to declare that the didn't pay for it. Yes? How is this even a question? A company paid them in the form of an outfit for the sole purpose of having it be seen. There is no interpretation of this situation where it's not an ad. This is already a solved problem, just let the NCAA regulators handle it [1]. 1. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/unc/genrel/auto_pdf/handbook-ncaa-regulations-10.pdf http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/unc/genrel/auto_pdf/hand...
- nilved 10y ago> Yes? How is this even a question? A company paid them in the form of an outfit for the sole purpose of having it be seen. There is no interpretation of this situation where it's not an ad. Well, except real life, where we need to work with facts instead of idealism. Nobody is denying it's an ad, I'm denying that it's possible to eradicate product placement. This is not a new problem for Instagram, it's a fact of life that we have always dealt with.