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Why aren't the actors/models refusing to participate in such deceptive practices? Surely they'd be thinking "Why are we pretending to take a selfie?"

by foobar1962 8y ago

sergers 8y ago
Cause they are paid actors/models. There job is to put on a show and do their part, not think about the grander things like deception. Most claim they just show up for the part.
starpilot 8y ago
Cuz it's not like they're claiming to cure cancer. It's just an ad. Most people don't care.
- skrebbel 8y ago
  I once saw a Microsoft Cloud poster in a train station that did claim they were curing cancer. I'd rather be the Huawei model than the designer of that poster.
rexpop 8y ago
Because they are some of the lowest paid workers in the project. Why should they risk their precarious jobs when higher-paid, and more secure workers are also aware of the deception?
Chris_Chambers 8y ago
How old are you?
toomanybeersies 8y ago
How many software developers work on adware? People gotta eat somehow.
carlmr 8y ago
They're probably happy they can put food on the table. Actors for ads are not really at the top of the food pyramid.
- NullPrefix 8y ago
  While the Nigerian prince is? It's all just a scam.
Angostura 8y ago
What makes you think they even know the product that they are posing for?
finnthehuman 8y ago
>Surely they'd be thinking "Why are we pretending to take a selfie?" Why? Their job is making you believe something fake. It's right there in the name of the job: "actor."
ken 8y ago
There's a million reasons. "Pretend to take a selfie so we can check the lighting." "Let's try a few different poses so the director has some options to choose from for the layout." "Let me take one with my other camera for a wardrobe reference." Have you never made up a dummy report in HTML just so the designer could check the colors and layout? Do you refuse to work on any prototype that doesn't use live data?

Why aren't the actors/models refusing to participate in such deceptive practices? Surely they'd be thinking "Why are we pretending to take a selfie?"

sergers 8y ago

Cause they are paid actors/models. There job is to put on a show and do their part, not think about the grander things like deception. Most claim they just show up for the part.

starpilot 8y ago

Cuz it's not like they're claiming to cure cancer. It's just an ad. Most people don't care.

skrebbel 8y ago
I once saw a Microsoft Cloud poster in a train station that did claim they were curing cancer. I'd rather be the Huawei model than the designer of that poster.

rexpop 8y ago

Because they are some of the lowest paid workers in the project. Why should they risk their precarious jobs when higher-paid, and more secure workers are also aware of the deception?

Chris_Chambers 8y ago

How old are you?

toomanybeersies 8y ago

How many software developers work on adware? People gotta eat somehow.

carlmr 8y ago

They're probably happy they can put food on the table. Actors for ads are not really at the top of the food pyramid.

NullPrefix 8y ago
While the Nigerian prince is? It's all just a scam.

Angostura 8y ago

What makes you think they even know the product that they are posing for?

finnthehuman 8y ago

>Surely they'd be thinking "Why are we pretending to take a selfie?" Why? Their job is making you believe something fake. It's right there in the name of the job: "actor."

ken 8y ago

There's a million reasons. "Pretend to take a selfie so we can check the lighting." "Let's try a few different poses so the director has some options to choose from for the layout." "Let me take one with my other camera for a wardrobe reference." Have you never made up a dummy report in HTML just so the designer could check the colors and layout? Do you refuse to work on any prototype that doesn't use live data?