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Could you elaborate on what "FJerry" is for the uninformed.

bluetidepro 8y ago
It's a social media marketing agency [1] (the article mentions they are trying to rebrand though as "Jerry Media" [2]) that lead all the social media marketing for the festival. They also mainly known for having a very popular Instagram account [3] where they have been in trouble in the past for reposting memes or content without giving credit to the creators. Basically people pay them to post content or spread content through their social media "influencer" network. [1] http://fuckjerry.com/ http://fuckjerry.com/ [2] http://jerrystudios.com/ http://jerrystudios.com/ [3] https://www.instagram.com/fuckjerry https://www.instagram.com/fuckjerry
- dmix 8y ago
  Was going through their instagram and noticed one of their obviously paid posts pushing the Hinge dating app: https://www.instagram.com/p/BqDzdzLBJti/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BqDzdzLBJti/ I tried looking up the girl in the tweet to see if even that part was real and the username (https://twitter.com/dontcallortext_ https://twitter.com/dontcallortext_) doesn't exist, nor does searching "Simone Axing". So I'm guessing the entire tweet was manufactured for marketing purposes. I guess fake tweets interspliced within other stolen content is modern marketing 101.
  - manigandham 8y ago
    >> modern marketing 101 No, it's false advertising and misleading business practices, if not plainly illegal. The regulations just haven't caught up to this because politicians are terrible at understanding how this works and the public doesnt care.
    - asdff 8y ago
      Famous people endorsing snake oil has been a thing since famous people and snake oil, instagram is just the latest way to serve it up.
      - manigandham 8y ago
        I get that, but there are rules governing that on other mediums. There are specifics to every distribution channel that change how something like this occurs and the impact it has. Social media currently has 0 accountability or oversight.

It's a social media marketing agency [1] (the article mentions they are trying to rebrand though as "Jerry Media" [2]) that lead all the social media marketing for the festival. They also mainly known for having a very popular Instagram account [3] where they have been in trouble in the past for reposting memes or content without giving credit to the creators. Basically people pay them to post content or spread content through their social media "influencer" network. [1] http://fuckjerry.com/ http://fuckjerry.com/ [2] http://jerrystudios.com/ http://jerrystudios.com/ [3] https://www.instagram.com/fuckjerry https://www.instagram.com/fuckjerry

dmix 8y ago
Was going through their instagram and noticed one of their obviously paid posts pushing the Hinge dating app: https://www.instagram.com/p/BqDzdzLBJti/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BqDzdzLBJti/ I tried looking up the girl in the tweet to see if even that part was real and the username (https://twitter.com/dontcallortext_ https://twitter.com/dontcallortext_) doesn't exist, nor does searching "Simone Axing". So I'm guessing the entire tweet was manufactured for marketing purposes. I guess fake tweets interspliced within other stolen content is modern marketing 101.
- manigandham 8y ago
  >> modern marketing 101 No, it's false advertising and misleading business practices, if not plainly illegal. The regulations just haven't caught up to this because politicians are terrible at understanding how this works and the public doesnt care.
  - asdff 8y ago
    Famous people endorsing snake oil has been a thing since famous people and snake oil, instagram is just the latest way to serve it up.
    - manigandham 8y ago
      I get that, but there are rules governing that on other mediums. There are specifics to every distribution channel that change how something like this occurs and the impact it has. Social media currently has 0 accountability or oversight.