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I think there's a pretty clear distinction between advertising and organic speech, and also a pretty clear distinction between wanting to restrict how other peo
by geofft 8y ago
I think there's a pretty clear distinction between advertising and organic speech, and also a pretty clear distinction between wanting to restrict how other people use your platform and simply having views of your own.
- wolco 8y agoAdvertising is a form of speech. Restricting the platform is their right. But the issue is people believing they are being censored and by banning certain ads they reenforce that viewpoint.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoChoosing who to associate with is also a form of speech.
- trisimix 8y agoSomewhat unrelated. Advertisers dont want their to be a clear distinction anymore. Hell pretty soon the most effective marketing strategy wont be shameless plugs but offhanded ones. Ones that sneak in like oh hey yeah I was using x the other day and it helped me with y. Once gun manufactuers catch up it might look something like: popular social media user offhandedly mentions purchase of lgun, posts some pictures firing gun, learning gun safety, talks about how much fun they had. Itll be hard to censor and I wouldnt be shocked.
- germinalphrase 8y agoThis is already similar to how a lot of gun culture videos on YouTube operate. Go watch Hickhock45. Guy just shoots and chats about guns in a casual, mostly non-political manner. He’s really popular and the whole shebang is one big (indirect) advertisment for various firearms.
- kebman 8y agoYeah, like a Smith and Wesson could really have helped those guys in that office and/or school that day. Hey, btw, I saw they had a sale at the local gun store for only 99.99. Use this promo code, and you can probably get an additional 50% off. 0x7361726361736d