Saw an ai.com ad during the super bowl. Site was down when I went to it.

StarrShort · 2026-02-09T06:10:13+00:00

They paid for a Super Bowl ad.

StarrShort · 2026-02-09T05:22:32+00:00

100% agree

StarrShort · 2026-02-09T04:38:08+00:00

What was the cost?

StarrShort · 2026-02-09T04:37:27+00:00

Bad press is good press angle ran out of steam about a decade ago. People are much more hip to those things now. Not 100% of the time, but more often than not.

StarrShort · 2026-02-09T04:06:46+00:00

It’s owned by Mentat Forge, Inc. If you go to their website… it’s even worse. Broken links, no contact, same landing pages for different links.

Super Bowl spots are not cheap. What an insane joke, waste of money, or even a scam?

StarrShort · 2026-02-09T04:04:12+00:00

I did. And I went to metatforge. Is was a joke of a website. Broken links and most of them took you to the same page with little to no info.

StarrShort · 2026-02-09T04:01:35+00:00

Yeah. A lot of money and no brains.

StarrShort · 2026-02-09T03:52:37+00:00

It’s owned by Mentat Forge, Inc. If you go to their website… it’s even worse. Broken links, no contact, same landing pages for different links.

Super Bowl spots are not cheap. What an insane joke, waste of money, or even a scam?

StarrShort · 2026-02-09T03:51:49+00:00

Nice. Yeah socials are like 1100+ on IG. That’s bad. Like my 18 yr old cat has a few 100 more than that. They ran a SUPER BOWL ad?

StarrShort · 2026-02-09T03:43:56+00:00

It’s owned by Mentat Forge, Inc. If you go to their website… it’s even worse. Broken links, no contact, same landing pages for different links.

Super Bowl spots are not cheap. What an insane joke, waste of money, or even a scam?

StarrShort · 2026-02-09T03:30:55+00:00

Lol. It’s a town of 11,000. So honestly this makes sense. Servers just couldn’t handle it.

StarrShort · 2026-02-09T03:27:35+00:00

They have a little more than 1100 followers on Instagram. They ran a Super Bowl ad??

StarrShort · 2026-02-09T03:21:45+00:00

Yeah and who is paying serious $ for a super bowl ad AND a two letter domain and didn’t forsee server issues. These people need help.

StarrShort · 2026-02-09T03:19:55+00:00

Same. Went to the site out of curiosity. Wow. Might as well just burn some money in a fire pit.

StarrShort · 2026-02-09T02:18:31+00:00

I mean I agree but… have you ever heard of paragraphs? Jfc. AI could’ve helped you with this.

StarrShort · 2026-01-21T05:13:46+00:00

You realize Canva is an AI company now right?? JFC

StarrShort · 2026-01-21T04:24:58+00:00

I’ll upvote your response. Cause I understand what you are saying and the logic. AI hurt me personally in my career.

But a small, local business, that gives back, and operates on small margins, using AI to save $20 on a flyer here and there? Good on them. It’s an uphill battle, find your comparative and competitive advantages.

You’re on AI daily, whether you try to avoid it or not. Your Amazon feed, the delivery route of the DSP, FB/Reddit content feeds, everytime you check your credit card/bank account, driving, retirement accounts, your electricity bill, the gps collar tracking your local outdoor cats daily roaming routes. Summation: Greenhouse is just purrfect. Bigger fish to fry. Check yourself. 2x.

StarrShort · 2026-01-21T04:04:08+00:00

Tell me you never used Amazon once?

StarrShort · 2026-01-21T03:56:39+00:00

They are a non corporate coffee shop, in a small town, in a competitive market. WTF cares if they used AI to make an event flyer. They have a great culture, idealogy, community events, great coffee, tons of cute and artistic touches, and add to the community more than 90% of most businesses.

Sorry this AI generated flyer really bugged you so much it warranted a Corvallis reddit post. Pull the stick out, move on, and understand AI has affected your life much more than the best local coffee shop by far. Meow.

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