• BuoyantTrain37@lemmy.loungerat.io
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      1 year ago

      Some of these are fucking wild

      Killed over 1 year ago, Cameos on Google allowed celebrities and other public figures to record video responses to the most common questions asked about them which would be shown to users in Google Search results. It was over 3 years old.

      Imagine googling “does Bruno Mars is gay?” and Bruno Mars himself shows up to tell you if he is or doesn’t

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        1 year ago

        Dammit, Cameo is dead?

        I honestly loved the concept and would probably have been a customer if I could afford it.

        Contrary to your description, it was mostly celebrities doing custom greetings for fans, sometimes as themselves, sometimes in character and usually bought for people as a surprise gift.

        Amongst others, there was Jim Rash wishing a Community fan a happy birthday in character as Dean Pelton and dozens if not hundreds of short to medium length videos of Dave Mustaine from Megadeth recording super wholesome and sincere messages for specific fans.

        Can you honestly tell me that doesn’t sound great?

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              i think it was about this d list personality or a washed up actor who needs to top up and do his cameos to increase his net worth, and his manager reminding him to do the cameos.

              I dont even know if what i remember is existing or just a figment of my imagination. Lol. Just goes to show how fucked up our memories have become due to our online activties.

    • 👽🍻👽@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      This is extremely interesting. So many products that I’ve never heard of and many of them were actually around for 6-12 years before being axed or coming up on death soon. A lot of these I had heard of and even used occasionally over the years and I didn’t realize were gone now.

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      1 year ago

      Wow, so many products I didn’t realize were dead. I remember when they were pushing Duo.

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      1 year ago

      2017 - 2023

      Service

      YouTube Stories

      Killed 15 days ago, YouTube Stories (originally YouTube Reels) allowed creators to post temporary videos that would expire after seven days. It was over 5 years old.

      I found one I’m happy about. Good riddance!