• Thunderbird4@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      The craziest thing about all of your examples is that they weren’t even revolutionary. We already had Vine, Skype, and YETI cups. How the hell did they get everyone to believe that TikTok, Zoom, and Stanley cups were game-changing new ideas?

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      10 days ago

      In Zoom’s case, it definitely seemed like guerrilla viral advertising.

      So you’re saying Zoom did COVID?

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        10 days ago

        I sometimes imagine some introvert developer at Zoom getting a monkey’s paw: “I wish I worked at one of the most well-known companies in the world, and I wish I didn’t have to keep going out and meeting people!”