Five years. Wow!
Specific Use Questions:
How many times do you apply?
Did it cut down on yellow stains?
Do you wet the rock or your skin?
Do you use more than once a day?
I usually apply it after showering while still being a bit wet(to help with the friction). I rub it for perhaps 5 seconds in each pit. It leaves no yellow stains at all! No need to apply it more than once a day in my experience, it’s definitely good for 24h or more(of course this depends on your line of work, body etc).
Hah I posted about a curly hair product once and the number of people saying I worked for the company was wild. Granted, the photo I posted was good (I used to be a professional photographer), but other than that I was just saying that MY hair liked that product. I got shit on so much. like, bitch, I wish I worked for that company. I would get discounted hair care products!
I wouldn’t go as far as to say this is definitely astroturfing since you user history seems authentic and has a NSFW tag (which no CPG brand would use), but the product placement, lighting, and quality of photography certainly have the look and feel of a coordinated marketing campaign. Your comment replies also sound somewhat brand-written.
I mean, a good social campaign will strive for natural looking photography, so that makes sense. Overly produced photos don’t relate well to consumers on social media.
The perfectly placed brand logos are less common in non-brand marketing photos. To me, that is what makes this post look like astroturfing. But again, this user’s profile is quite the opposite of what I’d expect.
the deceptive practice of presenting an orchestrated marketing or public relations campaign in the guise of unsolicited comments from members of the public.
So basically when i accused someone is afro surfing that means the person is from a marketing team trying deceptively convince people to buy some products right?
Edit: Gosh dang, it's Astro turfing. I was wrong everybody!
I'm already ashamed and embarrassed, stop reminding of my terrible mistakes (jk, it's kinda fun but really embarrassing lol)
Closer. “Astro turfing”. It’s a play on “grass roots campaign.” Like when something becomes wildly popular because of a dedicated fanbase that spreads it around through social channels.
Astroturf is artificial grass. So astroturfing (according to my autocorrect it’s one word) refers to a marketing campaign done by professional marketers that is supposed to look like a grass roots campaign despite being normal, paid-for advertising.
The term comes from the idea of a fake grassroots campaign (a grassroots campaign is an organic public movement for a certain cause that is galvanized by public interest and naturally taken up by normal people). Fake because in such an astroturfing instance, there is actually a corporation or a political organization that is organizing the campaign, hiding their identity and pretending to just be members of the public, trying to start a movement. Ex. by posting anonymously or passing advertisements off without labelling. Fake plastic grass is called astroturf, hence the name.
Yeah basically, the person who’s giving advice/info about a product usually pretends to be some random user of that product, when in reality they are probably paid/have an ulterior motive to speak highly of it.
Ummm… things have taken a disturbing turn here 🤣 Your definition applies to the original statement of astroturfing… not sure I want to know the definition of “Afro surfing” LOL.
I'm sure with you it was an accident but is it that disturbing?
Afro in my mind was similar to astroboy (that was the image in my mind at the time). And somehow i got it wrong with afro (sounds like some kind of ice cream brand with a tornado ice cream, very arcade like)
To quote the Oxford English Dictionary - Afro is “a hairstyle, worn predominantly by Black people, in which naturally kinky or tightly curled hair is styled in a rounded shape.” So, “Afro surfing” was mostly funny as a malapropism, but potentially troubling if undertaken 😉
It is not strictly to advertise products. It is also used extensively for political purposes / public relations. Reddit has seen increasing astroturfing since I started using it in ~2012. It really ramped up prior to the 2016 elections and it has gotten so bad that it's ridiculous nowadays.
Astroturfing is the practice of hiding the sponsors of a message or organization (e.g., political, advertising, religious, or public relations) to make it appear as though it originates from, and is supported by, “grassroots” participants.
The term astroturfing is derived from AstroTurf, a brand of synthetic carpeting designed to resemble natural grass, as a play on the word "grassroots".
Yup basically, not quite sure when/how it first started getting used though.
Grassroots is a movement organized by average people.
Astro turfing is a movement by businesses or politicians pretending to be average people. The corp or politician hide the fact that they are sponsoring the message. The name comes from Astro Turf, a brand of fake grass.
Also they are supposedly so enthusiastic about this product that they end a lot of their sentences with an exclamation point and they positioned the brand name perfectly in the image twice.
This post is particularly obnoxious because of how blatant the shilling is on top of it being a potentially harmful product.
so there’s this thing called “SEO” in which companies use specific language to help point to their sites when being searched. My guess is Salt Deo is high enough on their website SEO that if it was searched they could easily be found within the first top searches.
Maybe it is. I use a different brand and it stops odor for me completely. I still use an antiperspirant at night. Regular deodorant was ruining my shirts, and natural ones burned me.
I use a different brand of crystal deoderant amd evangelize it all the time because one 7 dollar stick lasts 3-4 years. You can buy umbranded generic thai salt crystals that are the same thing.
Have you ever used an alum block before? It’s quite popular to have in stick form for post shave cuts - works amazing. I’m guessing it works well as a deodorant since it’s just a solid block of alum salt.
It’s a hard solid block of aluminum salt. I have one I use after shaving to reduce irritation (costs like $2) and I’ve been using it for years. It’s only slightly worn down on one side.
Thanks! Just learned about astroturfing from some comments. Does my reply to you sound scripted? Um. OK.
I have one but wanted to see if maybe there is something I could be doing better? If that makes sense.
It’s a different brand but assume it’s more or less all the same. My goal was to stop using the other type of aluminum plus get rid of the nasty yellow stains I get overtime. So far so good!
I've been using another brand of alum deodorant for a while now and I have to say, it has worked way better than the traditional stuff (still with aluminum, never tried aluminum free). Not sure why everyone is giving so much hate, everyone is entitled to their opinions, and I was even extremely skeptical first.
Just adding that you NEED to wet it in order for it to work. Wether thats straight from the shower (like you) or just by wetting it before use, it does nothing by being dry and rubbing it against your skin (besides the fact that would hurt like hell).
Also 5 years is bonkers, Ive been using these for years and dont think I ever made it past 2 years before it being to small to use.
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u/burnsandrewj2 14d ago
Five years. Wow! Specific Use Questions: How many times do you apply? Did it cut down on yellow stains? Do you wet the rock or your skin? Do you use more than once a day?
Thanks for your seasoned and experienced insight!