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a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service (www.404media.co)
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[–] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

what in the actual 1984 is that thumbnail (and that slogan)

[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's showing cell phones as marionettes. Marionettes are sometimes used as a metaphor to indicate that someone else is, behind the scenes, controlling something. Here, the company is controlling social media accounts.

[–] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 weeks ago

yes, i understood the metaphor, in my comment i meant "what the fuck"