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Swift’s choice to offer “boosts” that could be procured by buying her album several times I am really shocked and disappointed, Tay-Tay always seemed so nice.
by gaius 8y ago
Swift’s choice to offer “boosts” that could be procured by buying her album several times
I am really shocked and disappointed, Tay-Tay always seemed so nice. Whereas you would expect it from, say, Metallica, who take contempt for their fans to a new level
- kbenson 8y agoThere's usually more than one perspective. How else do you identify real fans from people that sign up to get presale codes? Rewarding those that are part of a fan community is pretty easy if you have that info. The fact that you can easily track all that is a little disturbing, though.
- gaius 8y agoMaking fans buy more than one copy of the same album is pretty low. If it was just “buy all the singles” then at least you would get the B-sides or remixes too. I am a big fan of T-Swizzle but I like her a bit less now.
- kbenson 8y agoIf that's true, yes, it's pretty crappy. It could also be an unintended loophole brokers discovered that allows higher likelihood of getting a verified fan code, which wouldn't surprise me.
- Benjammer 8y ago>Tay-Tay always seemed so nice Are you only thinking about her public marketing image? I feel like any amount of digging into who she is as a person makes this "nice girl" thing way more complicated...
- gaius 8y agoAre you only thinking about her public marketing image? Sure, I am aware of that, but making fans buy multiple copies of the same album to be in with a chance of spending even more money on a concert ticket is part of that image too.