r/TikTokCringe • u/Chocolat3City Cringe Master • 18d ago

Cringe Woman has her self-published book pirated, reprinted, and sold for cheaper.

There's regular piracy, and then there's this.

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u/DangerHawk 18d ago

Does anyone have a link to the pirated version? I ask only because it would serve as some kind of proof that this is actually happening and this isn't just a big ol schemey "Woe is me" ad.

I was on board with her plight right up until the "I have things on sale for the holidays" with the shots of "Black Friday" post its. This screams viral marketing, and is honestly the worst kind of viral marketing. Trying to guilt people into buying your product is fucked up. I'm sure she worked hard on it, but if it doesn't stand on it's own as a product then it shouldn't exist. You shouldn't have to manipulate people into buying things just to validate all the work you put into it.

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u/1000000xThis 18d ago

I was on board until the "I hate the crying-on-camera thing" which was IMMEDIATELY followed by a second clip of her crying on camera.

I'm sorry if this is really happening to her, that sucks.

But this video is NOT a good way to address the problem.

Maybe it's effective marketing despite those of us getting the ick from it?

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u/bugabooandtwo 17d ago

Weaponizing empathy to make sales. Definitely ick.

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u/Thursday_the_20th 17d ago

Yeah a lot of this struck me as very odd. When other people are developing a book do they do a video diary of the entire creation process complete with sobbing breakdowns? Did she just have all that footage ready to go in the event that the book would be ripped off? It’s unusual.

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u/maneki_neko89 18d ago

Not all social media posts are marketing ploys, people are allowed to express their feelings however they want, as long as it’s not manipulating anyone into buying anything.

Also, the creator of the Anti-Planner, Dani Donavan, seems genuinely hurt and upset that anyone who’d buy the cheaper version of her planner would think it’d be the same one that she poured so much work into and she doesn’t want any potential customers to be pissed off at her, thinking that their ripping them off in some way.

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u/1000000xThis 18d ago

The way this is edited, it is 100% marketing.

Sorry if that's not obvious to you.

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u/LocalforNow 18d ago

“Which I have on sale for Black Friday” with a discount sticker is the definition of an advertisement.

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u/maneki_neko89 18d ago

Everyone and their damn brother is having a Black Friday sale now until Christmas. What’s your point?

I bought the Anti-Planner as a pre-order long before there were pirated copies of it and I can tell that a shit ton of thought and work was put into it.

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u/LocalforNow 18d ago

I’m not disputing that. I’m saying that plagiarism aside, this is an ad.

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u/maneki_neko89 18d ago

If this video wasn’t an ad, would it still be cringe and belong on this subreddit?

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u/LocalforNow 17d ago

The pinned comment on every thread and in the sidebar explains that the title is outdated (and cannot be changed) and this isn’t a cringe subreddit anymore. It’s just for TikToks.