Comment on How Ubisoft spent $2.1M on influencers to secure the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows

• glimse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Shill has primarily been used as an insult for the past 50 years in the way I’m defining it here. I don’t believe you’ve never heard it used to mean that.

  one who acts as a decoy (as for a pitchman or gambler)

  Literally on that same page.

  a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc.

  www.dictionary.com/browse/shill

  a person who publicizes or praises something or someone for reasons of self-interest, personal profit, or friendship or loyalty

  www.dictionary.com/browse/shill

  someone who helps another person to persuade people to buy something, especially by pretending to be a satisfied customer

  dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/…/shill?q=…

  shill n informal, US (person planted to lure customers)

  www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword…

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  • njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I think everything you quoted there would accurately describe influencers being hey to play a game. As to whether you believe me or not, don’t really care. Why you keep digging this hole for no reason whatsoever seems rather odd to me. Have a good one.

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