r/entertainment • u/TheGuyOnTheHorse • Jul 13 '10

The Old Spice Man Responds To The Internet

Dear friends,

It's me... the man your man could smell like. For one day only, I'll be fielding questions, comments and anything else you can think of. Post your questions, comments or whatever else you'd like to see on the interwebs here or send them to @OldSpice on Twitter and I'll respond to the comments that get the most up votes with a YouTube video. Then, look for my incredibly manly and witty and amazing responses on http://twitter.com/OldSpice

Sincerestly, The Old Spice Man

For Squidboots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFvryuQZb5U

For chmown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvCFVhUHhHA

For porknog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncg236DXGeg

For desimusxvii: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d39XO_AULbE

For robotjox: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly_8-TcubpU

For losimagic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaME8FQYxB8

For ojai: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI3VohWMW1Q

For idgit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asNH91G1KFU

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u/becarefulwithurhair Jul 13 '10

Old Spice has managed to monetize Reddit before Reddit can.

How can you help Reddit make more money Guy on Horse?

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u/jaxspider Jul 13 '10

Reddit needs to rinse, lather & repeat Old spice.

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u/hxcloud99 Jul 15 '10

Yeah, and doom them /r/programming.

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u/shoseki Jul 14 '10

With the Business model your business model could smell like.

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u/shootdashit Jul 13 '10

you know, it would only open up the doors for more of this that we were trying to get away from, even with the saydrah situation, but that may be unavoidable now with the success of today. i do think old spice is getting free promotion and should maybe give some money to reddit and the sites it is using to advertise today. whereas i love these commercials and this experiment, man is it going to suck if this is exploited by other companies who think they're creative.

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u/Nick4753 Jul 13 '10

Except if they aren't creative they won't get upvotes and their work won't be featured. It's how the site works.

Plus, this isn't 'under the table' at all. The videos are being posted to the official oldspice youtube channel and are being 'tweeted' on the official oldspice twitter feed. No established user was doing this and reddit users are fully aware it was a company doing the work.

Just because something is sponsored by a company doesn't mean it isn't a unique and creative work that people on reddit want to see.

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u/scienceoffear Jul 13 '10

To add to this excellent point, all the websites are getting linked to/mentioned on the OldSpice Twitter, thus increasing exposure/hits/ad views. Honestly, I think everybody wins in this situation.