it’s funny

    • scops@reddthat.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      16
      ·
      19 hours ago

      Does Rossman qualify as an influencer? He seems too… competent for that term. I see him more as a consumer advocate

      • iocase@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        24
        ·
        19 hours ago

        He influenced me to hate apple and support right to repair.

        I know what you mean but he’s the definition of influencer just instead of selling vapid sponsored products he’s selling 44 minute long autistic rants where his hyper fixation is consumer rights.

        • subversive_dev@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          12
          ·
          18 hours ago

          I personally define influencer as “someone who makes social media content for a large percentage of their income”

          I know it has a derogatory connotation for many people though

          • Sina@beehaw.org
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            13 hours ago

            I’m not sure if that applies to Rossman actually.

            I do agree that depending on how we define influencer he may be one, but the revenue part is not necessarily it & there are many counterexamples of influencers for whom this activity is not their main source of revenue.

            • TehPers@beehaw.org
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              2
              ·
              2 hours ago

              FYI Rossman has videos on his own stance on influencers and whether he considers himself one. You can just search his channel for “influencer”. It comes up a bit too in his videos on Linus Sebastian.

    • AmbitiousProcess (they/them)@piefed.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      23
      ·
      22 hours ago

      I love it. Does more than just a lawsuit on its own since it simultaneously does public awareness and advocacy work, plus it’s kinda just entertaining to see people have beef with corpos

      • subversive_dev@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        16
        ·
        22 hours ago

        Yes exactly it creates an unsolvable public relations crisis for the corporation and they can’t use any of their favorite dirty tricks to get out of it