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What stupid TikTok videos can teach us about consumer trends
- graypegg 4y agoSomething just feels so cynical about the presentation here. I understand everything your saying, and probably believe everything here is factual as far as general predictions can be, but reading “this is doge 2.0”, “supply memes, sell merch”, and “if this is still relevant like doge, […] [consumers] will continue to buy it” just annoys me on some visceral level. Saying the quiet part out loud.
- at7 4y agoInteresting, thanks for sharing. The purpose was to do the following in the most succinct way possible: help the reader quickly make sense of a bizarre trend, show how businesses are meeting demand, and how others could also. I think the presentation probably came across as (overly) opportunistic. Here’s the thing though, people are eager to buy meme merch (this isn’t a bad thing). Businesses also want to make money but are probably worried that demand will dry out once this trend ends. I’m saying that if this meme ends up lasting like doge did, then that’s not an issue.