As of October first 2021, The Netherlands officially regulates the online gambling market. This delayed regulation wasn’t stopping many Dutch people from gambling online though, as...
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Reaction channels on Youtube, their popularity and controversies
The popularity of reaction channels on Youtube is high, and has been for several years. I myself follow quite a lot of reaction channels. A simple...
Continue reading...Youtube fitness content, how it kept me more motivated to keep exercising.
I’ve had multiple subscriptions to multiple gyms, but after a few months I just had no motivation to continue going. I was either too busy or...
Continue reading...Virtual pets, the history and the evolution
Even though I have owned multiple cats throughout my life so far, I’ve also taken care of multiple digital cats when I was younger. In a...
Continue reading...More rules for influencers, do they work?
On November 1st 2020, a new Media Law went into effect, allowing the Dutch Media Commmission to enforce on hidden or veiled advertising on YouTube, Instagram...
Continue reading...Collector crazes and the internet
Internet collecting crazes are nothing new, in the 90s people began to compulsively buy Beanie Babies in anticipation of reselling them. In 1997, eBay had auctioned...
Continue reading...Special offer! In-app purchases & the temptations of microtransactions
I recently got a Fitbit smartwatch, and while that is also an interesting subject to discuss, I want to talk about the premium option that came...
Continue reading...Social media, netwerkmarketing and the gender specifics of Multi-Level Marketing
Multi-Level Marketing, or MLMs, are business enterprises in which participants seek not only to sell products to friends, family, and social media contacts, but also to...
Continue reading...‘Please turn on notifications!’ – Pros and cons of push notifications
Last Saturday evening I received a push notification about the fact that the CoronaCheck-app was unavailable due to the amount of people using the app at...
Continue reading...Advertising on social media and my tendency to partake in ‘retail therapy’
I used to be semi-addicted to online shopping. Spending multiple hours a day on apps or websites looking at things I wanted to buy and buying...
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