Post #3477232
2026-06-29 19:50 UTC
I’m struggling to understand how finding music inorganically through social media marketing is any different that finding it through radio or MTV or whatever. Like, I don’t understand why people are so scandalized by the fact that music promotion companies are gaming social algorithms? Like… of course they are? Would they be doing their job if they weren’t?
I dunno, it feels like bullshit to blame artists for this and not the larger infrastructure of the music and social media industries.
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@MxSadie@mspsocial.net 2026-06-29 19:50
Like, yeah it’s bad. There’s less money in it for artists than there’s probably ever been. There’s less of a way in for artists who don’t have rich parents than there’s probably ever been. These are all problems, but shady marketing practices in music are just about one of the oldest traits of the industry. I dunno, dawg, I just think calling bands “psyops” or “industry plants” is kinda cringe, and kinda placing the blame for the industry’s problems at the feet of the exact wrong people.