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Teen Vogue's Confusing Sponsored Content and Paul Zimmer's Failed Reinvention
TLDR Teen Vogue faces backlash after accidentally publishing a sponsored article from Facebook, causing confusion. Meanwhile, social media influencer Paul Zimmer's attempt to reinvent himself as Troy Becker on TikTok is met with ridicule and disbelief from his fans.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
The hosts discuss their lack of New Year's resolutions and past failed resolutions, including one host's desire to automate synthesizers.
05:17
The hosts discuss their plans for future episodes and their boss's lack of understanding of the internet, leading to a discussion about a confusing tweet about a Teen Vogue article.
10:24
Teen Vogue posted an article that appeared to be sponsored content praising Facebook's efforts to secure the 2020 election, but Teen Vogue later added a sponsored content tag to the article and Facebook denied that it was sponsored content.
14:31
Teen Vogue accidentally published a sponsored article from Facebook that was supposed to be deleted, causing confusion and backlash.
19:31
Paul Zimmer, a young man who gained millions of followers on the app Musically (now TikTok) with his lip-syncing and dancing videos, became a viral sensation despite his lack of personality and unfunny comedy videos.
24:24
Paul Zimmer monetized his social media presence on the app Lively by charging fans for various interactions, but when he failed to fulfill those promises, his fans turned against him, leading him to disappear from the internet, only to resurface two years later pretending to be a different person named Troy Becker.
29:19
Paul Zimmer's attempt to reinvent himself as Troy Becker on TikTok is met with ridicule and disbelief from his fans, who continuously point out the uncanny resemblance between the two and mock his failed disguise.
33:54
Paul Zimmer's plan to create a new persona named Troy Beggar in order to continue making money online without the baggage of his previous persona backfired when fans quickly noticed the uncanny resemblance between the two and called him out.
38:42
The hosts discuss a tweet about a dance associated with Pete Buttigieg's campaign, which is seen as both pleasing and creepy.
43:56
People made fun of a dance associated with Pete Buttigieg's campaign, but then someone made a satirical video of a dance associated with Michael Bloomberg's campaign.
48:19
The Bloomberg campaign responds to the "Moves Like Bloomberg" video by tweeting that Nick Sarelli is not an intern and does not have moves like Bloomberg, prompting Nick to disavow the campaign and share a fake email about hiring dancing actors, which is picked up by alt-right internet and Breitbart.
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