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Everything about this marketing video for Frontier Airlines new seats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL2QOhKnW54
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DrBouvenstein posted:Everything about this marketing video for Frontier Airlines new seats: I don't see whats so baaaaaaaaaaaa--  Oh god. E: Awesome, smaller tray tables and no TVs! Exactly what I wanted from my airline. Zaphod42 has a new favorite as of 19:15 on Jan 7, 2016 |
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Jan 7, 2016 19:13
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Yeah, the furry costumes were weird, but trying to tell me I don't need a decent sized tray table is the fastest way to get me to go to another airline. I like laying my head down during flight too much to bother with whatever nonexistent savings I'm getting with them.
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Jan 7, 2016 21:04
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Frontier: we look to Ryanair for inspiration.
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Jan 7, 2016 21:12
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We got rid of those old crummy TV screens and replaced them with nothing. You're welcome.
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Jan 7, 2016 22:08
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Frontier's thing is that the livery on their planes all have different animals painted on. Of course not knowing that makes one wonder wtf these furries are doing in the video. It doesn't help that they never even show the exterior of the planes for the viewer to get the connection. And of course Frontier loving sucks. I got scheduled on a flight with them to Denver for an interview and the entire experience was janky and uncomfortable, and I'm a very low maintenance traveler. We reduced our seat size even further to cram more of you in the sausage like never before!
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Jan 7, 2016 22:21
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So, those chairs save 214 gallons per seat per year. Assuming each pane makes barely more than a single paid flight per day, that's around .5 gallons per ticket. Avgas (for a prop pane) costs about $4.50 per gallon non-bulk at a regional airport, and Jet A (for jets, obviously) costs about $3.50 per gallon. So, I hope that saving (the company) at most $2 on your ticket is worth a non-reclining seat, a nearly non-existent table, no food service, less padding, and most likely more rows which means packed in even more like sardines
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Jan 7, 2016 22:34
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Sentient Data posted:So, those chairs save 214 gallons per seat per year. Man I can't even imagine how much fuel a plane burns in a year total then, Jesus. That's a lot of fuel.
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Jan 7, 2016 22:38
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Saw this marketing video through Upworthy in an article about cool new gadgets and they did note that they thought this was a terrible idea for marketing. It's basically a guy using an instant translator to street-harass Japanese women. It's truly cringe worthy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6ngM0LHxuU
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Jan 7, 2016 23:16
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I guess it's important to know your target market, really. http://www.someecards.com/life/tech/wearable-translator-kiss-commercial/
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Jan 8, 2016 05:36
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:I guess it's important to know your target market, really.
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Jan 8, 2016 06:05
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Steve Jorbs posted:This website hijacks your browser after you scroll requiring you to like them on Facebook to continue reading. Sorry. I've got ad blockers installed.
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Jan 8, 2016 06:47
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:Sorry. I've got ad blockers installed. I have them installed too but it managed to slip through still. Oh well, another example of obnoxious Internet advertising strategy!
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Jan 8, 2016 06:50
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Steve Jorbs posted:I have them installed too but it managed to slip through still. Oh well, another example of obnoxious Internet advertising strategy! Here's the youtube of their promotional video to make up for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6ngM0LHxuU
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Jan 8, 2016 06:51
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0toShifty posted:Frontier: we look to Ryanair for inspiration. Nah they're Eurowings, Spirit is RyanAir.
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:Here's the youtube of their promotional video to make up for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6ngM0LHxuU It's like they totally misread those rapey mra videos of creeps forcing themselves on women. Like, the product was pretty neat but man that ad is really bad
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Jan 8, 2016 07:28
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:Here's the youtube of their promotional video to make up for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6ngM0LHxuU Literally 5 posts above yours.
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Jan 8, 2016 11:37
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TontoCorazon posted:It's like they totally misread those rapey mra videos of creeps forcing themselves on women. Like, the product was pretty neat but man that ad is really bad I think people are exaggerating by comparing it to the MRA videos, but it's clearly inappropriate. It is pretty rude to do poo poo like that. I'm sure a big chunk is staged, but the message is still pretty negative.
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Jan 8, 2016 12:40
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Non Serviam posted:I think people are exaggerating by comparing it to the MRA videos, but it's clearly inappropriate. It is pretty rude to do poo poo like that. I'm sure a big chunk is staged, but the message is still pretty negative. And the ones you see in the video are the ones they chose to show. I can't imagine how many negative reactions he got that didn't make the ad reel.
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Jan 8, 2016 13:31
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The bit where he chases down a woman running full-speed away from him was cool.
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Karma Monkey posted:Saw this marketing video through Upworthy in an article about cool new gadgets and they did note that they thought this was a terrible idea for marketing. It's basically a guy using an instant translator to street-harass Japanese women. It's truly cringe worthy. Whats so sad about this is how unnecessary it is. Its a freakin' auto-translating device, that's really nifty. Just show it works and it'll sell itself! Or maybe go for like a cheesy sci-fi theme (off-brand star trek) or something. Anything but... this 
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WeaponGradeSadness posted:The bit where he chases down a woman running full-speed away from him was cool. I thought that part was hilarious and sad at the same time. Who would pick someone like that for your spokesperson. He is literally chasing a woman trying to get away from him and they decided to include that in the commercial about how awesome their product is.
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Jan 8, 2016 18:52
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I know this is an old tactic, but this horseshit is really starting to get on my nerves. I think another one that really pissed me off was the last time I was buying an airline ticket, I didn't want to buy flight insurance. To do so meant I had to check a box that said something like, "No thanks, I want to be responsible for the costs if and when something goes wrong". Sorry I don't want to sign up for your lovely spam, Esquire, but you don't have to be an rear end in a top hat about it. Depressio111117 has a new favorite as of 01:24 on Jan 9, 2016 |
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Jan 9, 2016 01:22
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Depressio111117 posted:I know this is an old tactic, but this horseshit is really starting to get on my nerves. That poo poo is funny in video games where the quit menu confirmation is something like (to use Wolfenstein as an example) "Abandon the world in its hour of need." It's less funny when it's a supposedly professional website employing playground tactics.
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Jan 9, 2016 01:36
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I can't remember what article it was on Esquire but one of these was "no, I don't want to learn tantric sex" or something incredibly similar. A few days ago I was linked to a Mental Floss interview with a woman who collects and archives vintage ads that document the shaming of women as related to personal hygiene and how that has impacts to this day. Lots of examples, some well-known if you look for this kind of thing online, but plenty of others I'd never seen. The one for Eastern Airlines is especially heinous but the "MIDOL: NO APOLOGIES ACCEPTED" runs neck and neck with "gossiping undergarments" as the most  for me.
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Somfin posted:That poo poo is funny in video games where the quit menu confirmation is something like (to use Wolfenstein as an example) "Abandon the world in its hour of need." Videogames begging for your actual info is less funny, though. You have to create an account with Square Enix to play the PC version of FFVII and when I did the unsubscribe link in the spam they sent me was very helpfully broken for like a week,. One of the Tropico games actually has in-game buttons for Facebook and Twitter and you have to spend in-game currency to disable them,
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SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL posted:I can't remember what article it was on Esquire but one of these was "no, I don't want to learn tantric sex" or something incredibly similar. Yeah I've either seen the same or one similar, you had to be like "no I want to continue to have a boring sex life" like ugh, really guys? This is just obnoxious.
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Sleeveless posted:One of the Tropico games actually has in-game buttons for Facebook and Twitter and you have to spend in-game currency to disable them,
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Jan 9, 2016 03:24
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Christ, even Windows 10 *really* wants you to link your login to your Windows Live account if you have one because using the same password for multiple accounts is such a great idea.
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Hirayuki posted:I guess you don't have to provide it with your social media info, though. And what if you don't have Facebook or Twitter? Does it keep hassling you to sign up? Nah. The social buttons are things like "share this achievement on facebook/twitter" and it never really brings attention to them other than they exist, and the share buttons are disabled while your "Restrict Social Media" edict is in place (or whatever it's called). The edict also improves worker efficiency and the share buttons are lame so issuing the edict is a no-brainer imo
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"Restrict Social Media" restricting your real social media sounds more like a joke than some in-app purchase ploy. I love Tropico and I never even noticed that feature existed. It's not really on par with page hijacking and poo poo.
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Yeah, that's pretty clever. The boost to worker efficiency is the perfect in-game effect.
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Somfin posted:That poo poo is funny in video games where the quit menu confirmation is something like (to use Wolfenstein as an example) "Abandon the world in its hour of need." Clicking here makes all your wildest dreams come true!
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Jan 9, 2016 11:16
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I was reading an article about these types of ads (not worth linking, it provided no information) and how annoying they are when my reading was interrupted by one of those kinds of ads.
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Hirayuki posted:I guess you don't have to provide it with your social media info, though. And what if you don't have Facebook or Twitter? Does it keep hassling you to sign up? Games do, I play a bunch of mobile games and they're always like "Link with your facebook and twitter for free dudes!" and aside from being a nerd without either of those things, I don't want people to know I play this poo poo anyway. But at the same time not getting the free dude is pretty much crippling unless you plan to spend a lot of money on the game  it's stupid. Even non mobile games do it now, every game on PC and console alike pesters you for your facebook and poo poo. No, Bungie, I don't want to link my destiny account to my twitter. Why would I? No one cares about the games I play.
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I bought my daughter one of those monthly beauty product grab bags for Christmas, but they immediately put me on a waiting list. However, I could get off the waiting list if I posted about them to social media. Which kind of defeated the purpose of a surprise birthday gift. And would be a little weird as it's cosmetics. I spent 3 weeks getting emails every couple of days offering me this great chance to jump to the head of the line before I finally threatened to cancel the order and got off the waiting list.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDhf7Gzo02g
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Nuebot posted:Games do, I play a bunch of mobile games and they're always like "Link with your facebook and twitter for free dudes!" and aside from being a nerd without either of those things, I don't want people to know I play this poo poo anyway. But at the same time not getting the free dude is pretty much crippling unless you plan to spend a lot of money on the game It's effectively free advertising. FarmVille started it and it became so obnoxious Facebook eventually had to outright ban spamming poo poo like that. You'd log in and your entire feed would be the occasional thing your friends actually posted and a thousand posts about lost cows. It also gives people a way to guilt their friends into signing up because it's like "hey if you sign up I get this thing!" Plus certain tasks in the games are closely tied to getting people to sign up. You can't do X without your friends so invite them! If they won't help you out they're lovely friends. Hey, don't you want to help out this sad, lost, homeless cow that doesn't actually exist? Look at how sad it looks! We drew it to look all sad so you'd feel bad and make a farm for it to live on. I actually ended up unfriending at least a dozen people over stupid rear end Facebook games like that. I'd ask them nicely to quit inviting me to things and their response was either "well I just blanket invite everybody it isn't personal" or "oh just sign up I want free stuff." In either case it was "I'm inconsiderate and don't care about you enough to refrain from doing this annoying thing you specifically asked me to stop." I never once played FarmVille and made it a point specifically not to. That was also one of the things that Candy Crush became infamous for. Invite your friends or pay for extra lives! Guess which one people picked? On one hand it's a brilliant move in marketing because look at how successful Farmville was. On the other hand it's loving annoying and look at how much Zynga was hated. They're worth billions but whenever I see or hear the name all I can think of is "oh it's those fuckers again." Kind of a double-edged sword.
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Coca-Cola is doing a lot of similar poo poo with their rewards program. It used to be just one big list of things you could earn with bottle cap codes. Now, there are different tiers and the only way to hit the gold tier is to participate in various activities. You can enter one of their contests (at the cost of already earned points) or you can shill their products and spam up your Twitter and/or Facebook, which you must have linked to the rewards program. For example, "Read about Jimmy Wayne - country music singer, author and speaker. Share with #JimmyWayneJourney & get +3 Status."
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Coca-Cola is doing a lot of similar poo poo with their rewards program. Gonna have to disagree with you here, cause the fact that you've bought in to what looks like a particularly bald-faced cult centered on soda means that Coke has loving mind-reading geniuses designing their stuff.
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