Topic: Understanding the Impact of Social Media in Gambling. - page 4. (Read 987 times)

This promotion is a source of income and usually by promoting online gambling sites they will get paid quite a lot compared to promoting other applications that are more concerned about the positive impact on the future, they don't care about their followers even though there are some children who follow them because sometimes Many young children idolize beautiful or handsome influencers on social media, but sometimes these influencers don't care whether their promotion will have a negative impact or not because the most important thing for them is a job that will give them money and will continue to do so.

In my country there are many influencers who promote online gambling even though in my own country gambling is an illegal game and distribution permits are prohibited, but still these influencers are determined to promote it and don't know what will happen if they continue like that even though there is a possibility that they will be arrested and under the law which will definitely result in fines because they break the rules, let it be like this because they themselves also don't think about the impact of children watching their videos on social media. As a result, many children are exposed to gambling even though they are still too old to know about games like that.

I think they don't care that much. What they care about first is their profits. As for whether their viewers are old enough to participate in gambling or not, they consider it a personal matter for each person. Ethically, they will have to know that their actions will have a huge impact on viewers, but most will be governed by profits, and the law does not prohibit them from doing that. If it were you, would you do it?

In addition, they will have the thought that if they do not advertise, others will also advertise, and they alone cannot change this advertising trend. Basically, they create social networking channels just to make money, so if current regulations do not prohibit them from doing so, they will not miss the opportunity to make profit in this form. Income from advertising for forms of gambling is often much higher than for other products.

Those bloggers and bloggers who do this don't care about their target audience they make it appear that they care about the way they promote these casinos but in fact, they are ruining people's minds.

There's a lot of money to be made promoting gambling platforms and they only have to sacrifice their conscience
This is why I stopped watching videos coming from these bloggers and if I seen one I reported because it's against the policy of social media, but these vloggers have found a way to promote through their viral videos
 

The internet ad business is a decentralized one and it's not simple to organize an effective method to restrict or regulate how influencers place adverts on their space. Social media platforms like Facebook don't encourage casino ads, same way other social media companies don't. The only available means of utilizing the advertisement opportunity on social media is through those influencers. And the platforms where influencers promote gambling, can't or don't care about taking down those ads. Because it's assumed the influencer is making posts on behalf of himself.

I think trying to underline influencers as the only force available to end this ever-growing mistake will be a major delay in achieving such a goal of safeguarding young minds. That was why I picked parents as a valid means of shielding their kid's devices from accessing some platforms where gambling ads can be seen. Looking at your response, I have a doubt that parents will do a perfect job, but a every journey begins with a step. Money call the shots, and you know this, nothing would convince influencers not to place gambling related ads, provided they're offered a reasonable amount of money.

Problems include gambling ads and the entire system. Profitable influencers spreading dangerous stuff to kids? That's unacceptable. Telling parents to "just handle it" is cop-out. Advertising is everywhere to lure people in. Profit drives ethics away. Even influencers need accountability. Asking for basic responsibilities isn't "censorship". Since we regulate age on everything else, why not gambling ads? Protecting young minds, not profits, isn't rocket science. We need major reform. The content influencers promote must be carefully examined. Impacting the next generation is more important than money. Doing right shouldn't be so hard

Nah, everything can advertised nowadays even the NSFW. You'd see it still in social media because they can't filter everything and they can't remove them on an instant. So even if they've got rules and might just remove the ads but they have to get reported for them to remove it. But as long as it's not yet removed and reported, there are audiences that will see that ad and especially those that are not into this thing might potentially see it because that's how social media works and random stuff might appear on your news feed.

This is true, they'll be able to see those ads even if they don't want to because that's the power of advertising in all of the platforms that we're using nowadays. And that influences the decision of those that will be seeing those ads, otherwise it is them and their actions will make them addicted but the attraction came from the marketers and advertisers.

As for those countries that don't allow gambling, they have a lot of rules about it and they're able to monitor those ads.

Admittedly, the ads hardly encourage the emotional safety of kids who view them online. But the casino who issue funds for the distribution of such ads online, also, are doing it due to the demand gambling has across the globe. Clearly, everyone knows of kids spreading out on every online platform. Yet when placing ads on influencers page, age restriction is not available, unlike running ads officially on the website. Where advertisers have the choice to set a range of age groups who are eligible to view the ad. Influencers display ads regardless of who is going to see it or not. The task is for parents to set parental control on the smartphones or gadgets of the kids.

These things matter for the safety of their children. Not just about the relationship between the influencer and the kids. Influencers are not mainly concerned about the kids on the channel. Parents are to do the restriction jobs. No influencer will block younger people from following them, they're desperately in search of more impressions to attract advertisers. Thereby making more funds, enough to keep their online marketing platform up and running. I think they should be a better way of resolving such disputes, other than suggesting that influencers stop to accept gambling ads because of underaged followers. It'll delay the growth of their page as a business. Because gambling niche is hot and willing to pay significant amounts for ads

Nowadays everyone uses new strategies to increase their income and arrange advertisement. But not everything should be advertised. Especially gambling. Because through this a minor will end up gambling with wrong decisions. It is not always possible to solve this matter by applying the law if no one corrects himself. Although there is no restriction on such advertising in countries where gambling is legal, such advertising campaigns must not be allowed in countries where gambling is conducted unofficially but there is no official legalization. Advertising is fine for those who are fit for gambling but it will have a big negative effect on those who are still underaged. This is not an individual problem but a problem for a nation. I think such ads should be stopped to keep minors safe.

Casino influencer marketing is real, but we need to communicate. Not "morality police" or a killjoy. The goal is youth protection. They may not be targeting kids, but their luxurious lifestyle? The thrill, the gamble? Teens love that stuff, always testing limits and wanting to feel grown-up. Impulsivity and compulsive gambling are dangerous, as we all know.

Those kids are smart. They'll circumvent filters. Instead of warning labels or age checks, they witness influencers living a dream life paid for by luck and risk-taking. Not harmless entertainment.

Okay that’s fine. We both are advertising for casinos on Bitcointalk and so is every other person on this thread. And somehow we do not seem to qualify ourselves as “influencers” in this regard. Maybe it’s because the term denotes some responsibility that we are not yet willing to accept. We cannot control who opens an account on the forum or visits the gambling section as a guest user. Anyone with a device and internet can access the forum and while it is not our intention to advertise casinos to minors, the truth is that it can happen.

OP is right, but we can't put all the blame on influencers or ads promoters, they are simply doing that for monetary value which for me isn't bad. They have built a system with followers, so it's left for you to sign up or not.

We have seen different gambling sites promoted but we didn't still sign up for, why because we didn't see any cordial reason to, that's same thing, if you train your ward properly I don't think there is any need for fear. The only solution is you knowing those you follow and listen to on social media platforms.

I don't think they have a specific target, because anyone can gamble as long as they understand the steps for gambling. However, nowadays children who are no longer familiar with the internet and gadgets can make them familiar with online gambling which is currently popular, with children who are no longer familiar with the internet, they have the potential to become familiar with gambling and indeed This can be a seed for gambling addiction in the future, because sometimes when parents are busy they give their children gadgets to play with.

The main thing is that most of them are young people who have lots of desires, young people who nowadays tend to always want to own luxury goods and because of that they think gambling is one way to make money quickly, but that is wrong. if they gamble with the aim of doubling their money, it will only make them suffer misery because what will happen is they will become addicted to gambling instead of improving their financial situation to buy what they want.

As with the other comment I made on a similar post, this was because the money they get from these sponsored advertisements are batshit insane, in the Philippines alone, a regular micro-vlogger (someone with at least 4k followers and are more into short-form content than full-on videos) could get $500-1000 bucks, and for larger content creators with millions of followers, the rate last I heard goes upwards of $2000-$20,000 depending on how long the sponsored ad's going to be along with other factors. So it's no surprise these people are so adamant about advertising these obscure casinos. Dignity doesn't pay the bills, and neither does compassion for those who lost their money due to gambling addiction, and with the economy falling into deeper shitholes nowadays, these people find no choice but to actually take these casinos up for their offers.

The Philippine government's on a crackdown to punish unlicensed casinos but that could only do so much because as long as money's there, people will be forced to really take these sponsorships, plus the public's losing its trust on the government following fiasco after fiasco so it's not like they really hold that much of a power over the people besides putting them in the slammer.

You only said they promote the casinos/companies that sponsored them at the end of the videos, but I see it differently here in my country, it is worse as they promote them from almost the beginning, in the middle and in the end depending on the influencer. Well, I do not have issues with that, big influencers could deliver good and useful information, so as we enjoy them, we can sacrifice that as well to keep the activity running. But these days, it is getting too much, there is no more regulation or consideration for the young people. It got worse with the traditional TV programs and even city billboards, you will see enough gambling adverts there, and it is not refined to some certain age anymore.

I do not know how this will affect the next generation, but I know that it is morally wrong. And the government is not saying anything because it is more money for them, well, at least for my country, it could be better in a serious country. The influencers should be sanctioned if the beginning of their video does not warn of the adult-related advertisements, but still here in my country, nothing of such is happening yet. Even YouTube and other platforms that are unannouncedly poping adult-related adverts in videos should be heavily sanctioned to curb such menace. At least, they should have warned the viewers about what they could see in the video and the adverts attached to it.

But the sad part is that no matter how the parents supervise or guide their children's, it is impossible for a parent to look for their child 24/7, so there will still be a window where young people will be exposed to gambling or different influences on social media. especially right now when the streaming community is getting worse. Why? Because there are a lot of streamers that stream games, or any games that they will make content for, but notice that they start to stream their gambling games, it became their main streaming session, which is alarming because for money they sell their dignity and start to promote gambling without thinking about the impact of it on their viewers. We can see that everyone could be blinded by money; even if they receive criticism, they will ignore it because they want money. we can't blame them because they only do that in order to live but the thing is, is that the only way?

Bottomline, it is actually the parents or the person himself who should filter what is being shown from social media. You can't expect these influencers to know the feeling of their audience or fans. This is why it is on you, being the audience to take care of your own welfare.

For the parent - they should instill good values and virtues to their kids. You'll never know how these can help them when you are not around. Do remember, you can't watch them 24/7, so it is better to have them good upbringing as they can hold onto those values wherever they are.

Influencer marketing for casinos may not target children, but it still has unintended consequences. Their priority will always profits rather than ethics or users' well-being. Their content might not be explicitly aimed at children, but the exposure to glamorous portrayals of gambling normalizes it and makes it seem exciting or cool. This can plant the seed for gambling addiction later in life.

Underage internet users can often find ways to bypass parental controls. Even age-restricted content can be accessed, and gambling can seem like a fun or rebellious activity. Casinos aren't necessarily targeting a specific age group with influencer marketing. They're targeting people with specific spending habits and behaviors. Teens who watch gambling content may be more likely to gamble when they reach adulthood. Even if the influencer doesn't directly promote gambling to a young audience, their association with a casino can be seen as cool. This indirect marketing can make gambling seem more appealing.

It's odd when an influencer's content isn't gambling then suddenly it's been attached with some gambling ads at the end of their videos. Yeah, they should know their audience and that's why the casino that wants to advertise on them has that metric of theirs.

But in these ages of social media, they'll just accept whatever they can earn with even it's going to be a problem for a lot of audiences that are viewing their content.

AFAIK, they're paid per video and they're earning a lot from it so, there's no screening anymore and they'll just continue it.

Influencers will never care about this, because what matters most to them is how many people watch the news and how many people are influenced to visit the gambling sites they promote.

At this time, gambling content and advertisements can no longer be avoided because they are like mushrooms that are scattered everywhere. Meanwhile, today's life can never be separated from cellphones and social media. and we cannot limit them from continuing to create content and make live streaming shows about gambling, because this is beyond our capabilities. And the only thing we can do is to provide learning and understanding to our children about the negative impacts of gambling, with the hope that through the understanding and learning provided, they will avoid irresponsible gambling activities.

Gambling has a very dangerous negative impact on children's growth and development, and can damage their future. Therefore, always pay attention and supervise our children well.

I would feel more comfortable if those influencers also had some idea and keep in consideration what kind of audience they have and filter their content in such a way it does not negatively affect children and teens.
We could argue that in the end of the day all comes to parenting and parent supervision, because of some child or teen wants to have access to gambling or pornography on the internet, they will always be able to go around the filters and restrictions, but we are not supposed to lift responsibility off the shoulders of companies like Google and Influencers on social media anyways.
For example, not long ago the staff of Instagram decided to limit those users to shared political content in that platform for no apparent reason, it was sor of a shadowban on the creators of political content. The explanation of the people working on Meta was they do not feel people want to further engage in politics and keeping politics on their application could reduce the engagement of users.

It would be useful if Meta limited the advertisement and the content related to gambling to users who declared to be underaged.