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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If you go to Reddit, you will inevitably very quickly come by posts that seem to be from regular users, but are actually fill-a ads.

Funny thing happened and I just happened to be eating their food when I filmed it. We did a thing and it failed at other joints but succeeded at their place. My dog can do a cool thing with their box, etc etc.

It feels like they have an army of as people dedicated to creating this content.

It started soon after they got a lot of bad press for finding anti-LGBTQ organizations. Instead of changing their ways, they decided to change their image through social media posts and largely succeeded. Most people associate their brand with good times now, even though they don't know why.

Much like whenever US police murders someone, Web gets flooded with memes and videos of cops doing fun things and being generally great fun.