Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign has partnered with Instagram’s biggest meme accounts in its latest advertising campaign, in a bid to compete with President Donald Trump’s presence on Facebook
In some of the weird ads, Bloomberg asks meme accounts with millions of followers to make him look: , theThe Bloomberg 2020 campaign is working with Meme 2020, a company created by some of the biggest names behind Instagram’s most followed meme accounts, including @tank.sinatra and Jerry Media,The adverts look like bizarre direct messages from Bloomberg’s Instagram account, shared by some of the platform's biggest meme accounts, i.e.
The DMs from the 77-year-old billionaire appear mixed in a stream of jokes, rehashed content and and inspiring photos, and are captioned with something along the lines of “this is sponsored by Bloomberg’s campaign.” “Hello Jerry. My granddaughter showed me this account. Your memes are very humorous,” reads one advert. “Can you post a meme that lets everyone know I’m the coolest candidate?” Here’s are some of the weirdest ones:Bloomberg’s campaign has previously experimented with memes to attract attention. In January, the campaign’s main Twitter account appeared as if it had been hacked after a series of jokes and memes were posted, including one asking users to “Spot the meatball that looks like Mike.
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