We are proud to unveil the Rowing Blazers x Target lookbook. Designed by Jack Carlson, this is Rowing Blazersā€™ biggest collection to date ā€” including not only menā€™s and womenā€™s, but also childrenā€™s, pet accessories, outdoor games, and home decor. It will be available at Target stores across the U.S. on September 23rd.

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      Thank you. I really hope this community becomes something as the fediverse grows, but right now, this is pure optimism on my part, and being called a spammer is just kind of annoying.

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      Iā€™m sorry, what makes you say this is spam?

      Is it because nobody else is posting here? Am I a spammer because Iā€™m the only one trying to share anything? Should I leave it to the once-a-month posts about nothing instead?

      Or is it because these are clothes a person could purchase, and the possibility that pieces of our culture might be bought automatically makes every conversation about that culture an ad?

      People in fashion spaces talk about lookbooks. This is one of the lookbooks people are talking about. If you donā€™t like it, you might not be interested in fashion, and might not want to spam communities with your vapid complaints.

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        It would probably be more engaging with some light commentary on the lookbook. As it stands this just looks like an ad for Target.

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        Letā€™s start off with you referring to yourself as part of the company: ā€œWe are proud to unveilā€. Letā€™s continue with the fact that youā€™re not saying, ā€œHey, this blazer looks coolā€; instead, youā€™re promoting an entire product line, including ā€œoutdoor games, and home decorā€. And finally, letā€™s note that youā€™re explicitly saying ā€œavailable at Target stores across the U.S. on September 23rdā€, meaning (unless you do work for one of these companies), you havenā€™t even handled any of these items yet. You donā€™t know the fit, the feel, the quality, anything other than ā€œGee, that looks interestingā€.

        You want to post to help a quiet sub, great. But if the only thing you really know is that something looks interesting, maybe you should just say ā€œHey, I saw this and it looked interestingā€, instead of everything you actually said. If you want to avoid being called a spammer, maybe you should avoid sounding like a company shill.

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          Letā€™s start off with you referring to yourself as part of the company: ā€œWe are proud to unveilā€.

          You know that summary got pulled automatically from the site when I pasted the link into the field, right?

          Letā€™s continue with the fact that youā€™re not saying, ā€œHey, this blazer looks coolā€; instead, youā€™re promoting an entire product line, including ā€œoutdoor games, and home decorā€.

          Iā€™m not promoting anything. I shared a link to a lookbook.

          Are you not capable of looking for yourself and forming your own opinions? Do I need to break down the history and meaning of Rowing Blazers in order to post a damn lookbook? If youā€™re curiousā€”and I know youā€™re notā€”Iā€™d recommend listening to Jack Carlsonā€™s episode of Handcut Radio.

          You also commented literally two minutes after I posted. You didnā€™t wait and see if I had something to say about the lookbook, you instantly complained.

          Some menswear brands do things other than menswear. Culture is often a multi-faceted thing. ALD collaborates with Porsche. I know a menswear brand that sells replicas of stolen ashtrays.

          And finally, letā€™s note that youā€™re explicitly saying ā€œavailable at Target stores across the U.S. on September 23rdā€, meaning (unless you do work for one of these companies), you havenā€™t even handled any of these items yet. You donā€™t know the fit, the feel, the quality, anything other than ā€œGee, that looks interestingā€.

          Yes, this is a thing people do, they share lookbooks for clothes that look interesting and then they talk about those clothes. Every fucking fashion community includes people sharing lookbooks, and almost all of those lookbooks come out before the clothes are actually available. Do I think target-made clothing is going to be super high quality? No. Do I think itā€™s an interesting option for people on tighter budgets to consider? Yes. Could you not figure that out? Did I need to explain it to you?

          You want to post to help a quiet sub, great. But if the only thing you really know is that something looks interesting, maybe you should just say ā€œHey, I saw this and it looked interestingā€, instead of everything you actually said. If you want to avoid being called a spammer, maybe you should avoid sounding like a company shill.

          I didnā€™t say anything, I posted a lookbook with the summary pulled direclty from the site. If you think lookbooks are spammy, you might want to try contributing something better yourself instead of whining.

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            Maybe instead of letting the summary auto-pull the advertising copy from the site, you could either blank out that field, or add your own comments, ones that might elicit a reaction from the reader - ā€œhey, what do you think of Rowing Blazers new lineā€, ā€œI really like the look of this item, do you see anything you likeā€, etc. Because when you just drop a link with a bunch of advertising copy and no comments - well, yes, thatā€™s exactly the kind of thing that spammers do.

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              Iā€™m not going to write a custom summary for a community with two active users for every article I post during a work day. If people here had any thoughts on anything so far, youā€™d see them commenting on things without being told to comment on things. And I donā€™t think it would be better to just leave the summary blank, not sure who that would help.

              Spammers donā€™t usually bother with the fediverse, and definitely not on communities this small. Nobody else thought this was spam. Youā€™re just some paranoid weirdo. If you donā€™t like reading the summaries brands write about their lookbooks, you donā€™t have to. If you donā€™t like seeing people post lookbooks at all, you might want to crawl back into the hole you came out of, because fashion clearly isnā€™t something youā€™re ready to participate in.