Is Social Media Making Us "Attention Whores”?
Is Social Media Making Us "Attention Whores”?
Do you like it when your content generates lots of views? Do lots of supportive comments make you feel good? Do you frequently check your tracker to determine your popularity? Do you look at the "Trending Articles In Forum" list to see if you are in the top five? If you answered “yes” to these questions, then you may be an “ attention whore ”.
On the other hand, are you making any money on Social Media? If you ARE making money here, then you are definitely an attention whore. But if, like me, you are NOT making any money here, then you are just an “ attention slut ”. Making money on your content makes you a " pro " (as in pro stitute). If you only make a little bit of money, then you are a " cheap attention whore".
If you manage to rip off your fans for tons of money then you're Donald Fucking Trump.
Trump swag isn't the only thing Trump is making money on.
The Donald is also selling government documents.
And, of course, he raised lots of money for a non-existent fund.
Anyone who contributed to Trump's fake fund was unknowingly agreeing to make weekly contributions
Trump’s Campaign Bilked His Fans Out of Millions Because of Course It Did
Donald Trump may be a man with a very limited set of talents, but he has learned to apply those talents to masterful effect. His talent is to employ shameless lies to create an image of himself in the media, and then use that media to bilk people.
Typically, a grifter runs up against the limits of public knowledge: Once he is exposed, it becomes progressively more difficult to find new marks. But here is where Trump’s particular genius exceeds all who came before him, and allowed him to operate his scam on a world-historical scale. Trump has always attracted so much media that any particular exposé of his crooked deeds is overwhelmed by the cacophony.
Shane Goldmacher reports at the New York Times that Trump’s campaign bilked donors out of tens of millions of dollars . The scam was not complicated. When people gave them money online, the donations came with pre-checked boxes authorizing the campaign to take donations every single week . They needed to uncheck the box to stop the automatic transfer.
At first the auto-checked box simply said, “Make this a recurring monthly donation.” Then it added, “Make this a recurring weekly donation until 11/3,” with a second box below it, with even more text, authorizing an additional one-time $100 donation on September 29.
Ultimately, the messages included two text-heavy boxes, filled with boldfaced, all-caps slogans, with a much less conspicuous line at the bottom informing whoever had made it through this mini op-ed that they were authorizing the campaign to drain their bank account.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/04/trumps-campaign-scammed-donors-auto-checked-box.html
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oh no, I'm a NT pimp...
Pimp Master D
No shit,
Yeah...but you're good at it
Attention whores? I will get into this. Let me first start off by saying you can go to my homepage and leave a nice message. A vote up is always appreciated....
No piercing? Come on, need a little kink.
K....
How do I get in on the racket. I want to be a travel influencer. People pay me money and I can show them a thirty second video of my tropical paradise.
Are you going to Bangkok?
Don't some of the hookers there have a "surprise"? (Asking for a friend....)
It just takes one night...
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Let's see, it has a beat and they can dance to it... so, I'll give it a 69.
I never thought I would have said I like the redhead...
Is there anyone who posts something on a social media site who doesn't want anyone to read it?
I may have had a few regerts...
Ahem.
I once posted a expletive ladened rant about petco.com customer service on FB and the next day a coworker asked me delete it.
I was wondering about your restaurant sign ...
... er, ... I'm assuming that trump supporters don't patronize that place...
Yeah...so what? I'm an attention slut (because I don't get paid). I enjoy it! Argue with that!
I'm a part time attention slut (I don't get paid & I am doing IT all the time).
BTW - love the cat pic....
that is a good one
I'm a Canadian and we're all content free.
Cool... I love free stuff.
That's why I love sluts - free love.
Many years ago I started a group for Canadians, but there were only 2 or 3 of us back then. If there has been any increase in our numbers on this site it's been miniscule.
I blame Bob and Doug McKenzie.
You mean you don't appreciate strange brew?
Okay, hoser.
Here it is:
I thought most everyone here knew I was unable to open a youtube. Please post the title and performer and I may have it on an alternative source.