Would you prefer to know whether a link posted on WC was a paid promotion prior to clicking on it?
I recently irritated a fellow Cruncher when I commented that the YouTube video he posted a link for was a paid promotion. His preference is for Crunchers to click the link and find out that it is a paid promotion during the viewing of the video.
I'm not interested in naming and shaming but rather in determining how the community prefers to engage with the various ways the platform is being increasingly monetized. How much transparency up front would be ideal?
It's admittedly a slippery slope. Before too long WC might start getting stuff like crypto currency posts. What, what? Too late?
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Jack McClary
I prefer in person gatherings over social media dialog and have a soft spot for vintage watches.
Southern California
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7.25” / 18.42 cm
Is that Paul F Tompkins?
99% of all content is a "paid promotion" in some form or another, why do people keep pretending it's new or nefarious?
I know that I always appreciate it when a reviewer makes it clear that a watch company has paid for the review. The YouTube people whom I trust always do this. In the case of Teddy, it’s a given that he’s selling - he does run a watch business after all - and I always like his info. And he’s a very professional, pleasant salesman!
99% of all content is a "paid promotion" in some form or another, why do people keep pretending it's new or nefarious?
Are 99% of your comments a paid promotion? Please clue me in if that's the case. I haven't been paid for any of mine.
There are enthusiast reviews on this platform that are not compensated. Those are the ones I value the most. I don't see what harm it does to me for me to know whether someone is engaging with me as an effort to monetize that engagement.
Well, soon if not already, AIs will win the war against Captcha and soon you will find out anything on any platform or any community on the internet cannot be trusted. Imagine a 100,000 bots rigorously debate on non-existent topics on every mainstream platforms...
Well, soon if not already, AIs will win the war against Captcha and soon you will find out anything on any platform or any community on the internet cannot be trusted. Imagine a 100,000 bots rigorously debate on non-existent topics on every mainstream platforms...
Terrifying.
Are 99% of your comments a paid promotion? Please clue me in if that's the case. I haven't been paid for any of mine.
There are enthusiast reviews on this platform that are not compensated. Those are the ones I value the most. I don't see what harm it does to me for me to know whether someone is engaging with me as an effort to monetize that engagement.
I'm a user posting about my own watches, not a "content creator" posting links to content on a monetized platform like YouTube. If you're clicking a link to a video it's most likely a paid promotion.
The easiest solution is to not click links to outside content, and stick to what people write here.
Thankfully, Watch Crunch has a robust mute and block system. Whenever I see someone trying to promote their YouTube channel or website without even an attempt to engage with the community or write a couple of lines, I just block them to not see them anymore in my feed. 👍
There is no paid content on WatchCrunch and if there ever will be, it will be marked as such ✌
I wish I was paid to do this...rather than doing what I do for a living. I have posted links to YouTube videos, from time to time, and there are advertisements (unfortunately) with all videos. Again, I wish I got a taste of that sweet sweet advertising money.😭
Looks like it is a discussion worth having. Next time I need to remember to invent some impressive statistics to bolster a contrarian view but I'll have to do another poll first on statistical integrity.
I'm always a little leery of those that want consumers to know less instead of more. It makes me wonder if that is just how they roll...