▲ 712 ▼ Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say (gizmodo.com) submitted 1 year ago by miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 82 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] QuantumTickle@lemmy.zip 185 points 1 year ago (3 children) permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 year ago (2 children) I'll give you a hint, the company behind the bots rhymes with Gracker Ferrel. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Macchi_the_Slime@piefed.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Nah, Cracker Barrel almost certainly wanted the redesign because that particular sector has been moving trying to avoid the whole "You can tell this used to be a Pizza Hut," thing for a while. They want to be able to just open up a store anywhere with minimal investment. Then if their store is super generic it's real easy to offload the real estate if that location doesn't work out. It's easier for another firm to buy the real estate if they don't have to spend a bunch of money making the former Cracker Barrel not look like a Cracker Barrel. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] snooggums@piefed.world 1 point 1 year ago Also making logos generic and overly simple works well for websites and mobile apps. They could have kept everything except the cracker and barrel and it probably wouldn't have made any waves at all. They just went too far with minimal text on a yellow background that looked like shitty clipart. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 year ago (2 children) I'll give you a hint, the company behind the bots rhymes with Gracker Ferrel. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Macchi_the_Slime@piefed.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Nah, Cracker Barrel almost certainly wanted the redesign because that particular sector has been moving trying to avoid the whole "You can tell this used to be a Pizza Hut," thing for a while. They want to be able to just open up a store anywhere with minimal investment. Then if their store is super generic it's real easy to offload the real estate if that location doesn't work out. It's easier for another firm to buy the real estate if they don't have to spend a bunch of money making the former Cracker Barrel not look like a Cracker Barrel. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] snooggums@piefed.world 1 point 1 year ago Also making logos generic and overly simple works well for websites and mobile apps. They could have kept everything except the cracker and barrel and it probably wouldn't have made any waves at all. They just went too far with minimal text on a yellow background that looked like shitty clipart. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Macchi_the_Slime@piefed.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Nah, Cracker Barrel almost certainly wanted the redesign because that particular sector has been moving trying to avoid the whole "You can tell this used to be a Pizza Hut," thing for a while. They want to be able to just open up a store anywhere with minimal investment. Then if their store is super generic it's real easy to offload the real estate if that location doesn't work out. It's easier for another firm to buy the real estate if they don't have to spend a bunch of money making the former Cracker Barrel not look like a Cracker Barrel. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] snooggums@piefed.world 1 point 1 year ago Also making logos generic and overly simple works well for websites and mobile apps. They could have kept everything except the cracker and barrel and it probably wouldn't have made any waves at all. They just went too far with minimal text on a yellow background that looked like shitty clipart. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] snooggums@piefed.world 1 point 1 year ago Also making logos generic and overly simple works well for websites and mobile apps. They could have kept everything except the cracker and barrel and it probably wouldn't have made any waves at all. They just went too far with minimal text on a yellow background that looked like shitty clipart. permalink fedilink source parent
