Submitted by [deleted] t3_zyilcx in television
RatRob t1_j263ivo wrote
Is it just me or does it seem like there’s been a blitz of PR on subs like this and movies for truly terrible things?
I’ve seen Willow, Witcher BO, Babylon being praised heavily multiple times in the past few days. They all read like fake posts.
ArsBrevis t1_j2660hd wrote
I've seen posts pushing Amazon Prime shows like The English and The Peripheral that have felt... less than organic.
Blackhalo t1_j266tts wrote
Compared to Willow, The Peripheral is practically Shakespeare. It's not, but Willow stinks on ice.
boomclapclap t1_j26bjl1 wrote
If you want a good Amazon show that isn’t being pushed… I just watched The Devil’s Hour and was very surprised nobody is talking about it. Was very good.
w311sh1t t1_j26982s wrote
I mean It’s also been because there’s been a ton of negative backlash on these subs. No matter how bad a piece of media is, there’s always gonna be at least one person who likes it. And when you see everyone shitting on something you enjoyed, you wanna try to defend it, so I think it’s more just a reaction to there being a lot of negative backlash.
BallsMahoganey t1_j26kzc7 wrote
But posts like this asking why "no one has been talking about Willow" seem extra advertisment-y because of this fact. People have been talking about it. A lot. They just hate it.
ItsAmerico t1_j26mtu9 wrote
I’m not sure “no one is talking about this show” is a good advertisement lol
xerxes00 t1_j2655sj wrote
Yes. I now believe posts like this are paid for by PR firms trying to shape opinions
VisforVenom t1_j2684hk wrote
Low karma profiles with no post history are usually the tipoff people look for. But you'd be surprised how often someone tries to phish your account or straight up purchase it with a middling amount of karma (20-100k) and I'm fairly certain a lot of those are for the purposes of discrete marketing.
Sometimes you can find someone doing a piss-poor job of shilling something, look at their post history, and see the exact moment they sold or otherwise lost their account. Just a sudden shift into singular topic shill posts about a topic never found in their interests prior.
GameOvaries02 t1_j268ppv wrote
16k and counting. One more year and I’ll be able to get the best thing I have ever gotten out of reddit(well, besides cat pictures):
$5
jl_theprofessor t1_j26gpvs wrote
Not a PR firm here. I really like Willow.
SchoolOfTheWolf93 t1_j26ab8x wrote
I agree and that’s why I’m done with this sub now. Every fucking post is “why aren’t more people talking about X”, “who else is loving X”, “I just started watching X and I’m loving it”. You’re right, they all sound like PR bullshit or trolls.
MisterEinc t1_j265vy3 wrote
Same thing happened when GoT came out. A blitz of media telling you not to watch any other fantasy shows.
MetaDragon11 t1_j269f1t wrote
On one hand reddit is hardly indicative of the wider world, on the other astroturfing has been happening with increasing frequency. Happened with ROP earlier this year among others.
TIFUstorytime t1_j26k8o4 wrote
I’ve been noticing a lot more of what seems to be guerrilla marketing on major subs recently, especially r/movies and r/television. Usually it’s an opinion on something being good with almost a textbook paragraph of persuasive argument with excellent grammar, spelling and punctuation. It’s quite transparent, IMO
KYWizard t1_j26kcca wrote
OH man, during Rings of Power's debut all my feeds were flooded with "It's not a piece of shit show" article after article. Which is how you know a show is awful if there is weeks long PR campaign trying to convince people it isn't shit.
Pladohs_Ghost t1_j268xdy wrote
I imagine Dr Lee up there has no PhD. Obvious marketing shill is obvious.
Aliki26 t1_j26d001 wrote
They probably are fake. I mean just reading this post is like an advertisement praising it
jl_theprofessor t1_j26gngu wrote
So you see lots of posts that are negative but the few that are positive are PR. Right. Well here, I am really enjoying Willow. I loved the trip back to Nockmoor and am about to watch episode 5.
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prison---mike t1_j26me72 wrote
Oppenheimer just got black label dropped and that made the front page, probably from a PR firm astroturfing before the movie comes out
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Enkundae t1_j26nu8e wrote
Or a sub visited by thousands of people just happen to have some that genuinely like different things.
Squidoodle19 t1_j271no1 wrote
I always thought they were contrarians.
jonascarrynthewheel t1_j26dtes wrote
Hmm well im honestly just enjoying what is being put out.
Look man im a busy dad and im just happy to watch some good things that are t pretending to be A24 films or shows
They are good enough and a shit ton better than 90s tv🤷🏻♂️
I got downvoted for liking something? Lol 🤦🏻♂️
chromeshiel t1_j26gthl wrote
Action, reaction. People have been very vocal against the show, but since it's growing on those that persevered, they want to say nice things about it to balance the scales. It might be why I ultimately did it; I felt the show was slightly misunderstood, and offered a different perspective. But if we're getting paid, I don't mind getting some of that!
It's not a perfect show, but it's a fun experience. Nobody is forcing anyone to watch it though.
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