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  • Google was both the best tool to use the Internet and the killer app that anyone could use for the new market. It’s instant gigantic growth was because it was good at what it did. Then it forgot what it did and started doing everything another big tech company did, like phones or social media or streaming services. Now it does everything and none of it particularly well. Shame.



  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldLottery winner
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    9 months ago

    Michael Bloomberg spent $1 billion to run a distraction campaign, taking headlines from Bernie Sanders’ repeated wins in the early 2020 Democratic primary. Bloomberg spent $500M the first week to flood the internet with influencers and meme makers being absolutely distracted by the low torrent of low effort shit post memes about Bloomberg. It was so obviously an astroturf campaign built on fake sentiment that everyone forgot Bernie won 5 states in a row and was crushing Biden. By the end of the month, Elisabeth Warren also bowed out and took her progressive voters to Biden.

    So for $500 Million you can ruin a grassroots campaign! Buy bad memes and pay influencers to distract people.