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It's another silly fad toy object that you spin in your hand. A very successfully marketed one, that is.
by Rotonde 9y ago
It's another silly fad toy object that you spin in your hand. A very successfully marketed one, that is.
- ccvannorman 9y agoive never seen an ad, only self reported use/pictures. The success is in hitting a nice intersection of cheap/satisfying gadget.
- fapjacks 9y agoWell if you have seen someone using one on Instagram, it's an ad if that person has more than a few thousand followers.
- ChrisClark 9y agoMarketed by who though? Like the article says, there is no main company or companies behind this. Just lots of random products cheap from China being resold.
- bluedino 9y agoThere are ads all over Facebook and Instagram
- beedogs 9y agoWhy on Earth do people not run ad-blockers on Facebook and Instagram? I never see ads on either of those sites.
- speg 9y agoLots of people don't know how to use browser extensions. Some people don't like to use many browser extensions, like me. I've never been bothered by the ads; sometimes they are even useful.
- coldtea 9y ago>I never see ads on either of those sites. Half of the content of both of those sites is ads, even if it poses as part of the regular flow (sponsored feeds etc).
- gambler 9y agoI wouldn't be surprised if some smart folks in China launched a covert social media campaign to sell this stuff. You don't need much (aside from money and some dedication) to create a fad these days, as long as it's something simple and doesn't require extensive concentration to grasp.
- bitexploder 9y agoThey have been popular with folks that owned 3D printer for a while. It could be something simple like a critical mass of 3D printers being reached. My wife was printing these for fun a few months before it all exploded.
- dsjoerg 9y agoanother? what is the other one? the yo-yo?