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<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div><ul><li><strong>Rosé wine has exploded in popularity in the past five years.</strong></li><li><strong>Master sommelier and multi-restaurant owner Alpana Singh attributes Instagram and millennials to the wine's success.</strong></li><li><strong>She told us during the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/james-beard-awards-menu-for-top-chef-culinary-leaders-2018-5">James Beard Leadership Awards</a> that the trend isn't dying out anytime soon. </strong></li></ul><p>&#xa0;</p><p>Master sommelier <a href="http://www.alpanasingh.com/">Alpana Singh</a> knows good wine.</p><p>A multi-restaurant owner and past TV personality and food critic, Singh has been in the business for almost 20 years.</p><p>Singh's expertise and experience have shaped her strong opinions when it comes to food and wine. When we met her at the <a href="https://www.jamesbeard.org/leadershipawards">James Beard Leadership Awards</a> in Chicago last week, we had to ask: Will the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-killing-beer-with-rose-obsession-2017-8">rosé wine trend</a> be back for another summer?</p><p>According to Singh, the obsession with drinking - and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/roseallday/?hl=en">Instagramming</a> - rosé isn't going anywhere. In fact, restaurants are now having to pre-order their bottles of rosé for the summer starting in February, she said. Singh is launching a bottomless rosé special at one of her own restaurants, <a href="http://terraandvine.com/">Terra and Vine,</a> this month.</p><p>She noted that millennials were the first to take a liking to rosé and then they brought it into the mainstream.</p><p>"The truth is, 20 years ago you couldn't get people to drink rosé," Singh said. "[Wine drinkers] thought it was like White Zinfandel, very uncouth, not very classy or sophisticated."</p><p>Instagram and rosé's "pretty pink" hue are also reasons for its popularity, Singh said: "'RoseAllDay' is not just a hashtag, it's a cultural movement sparked by Instagram."</p><p><span>By January 2017, the rosé wine category had reached a valuation of $389 million annually, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-03/ros-is-seeing-explosive-growth-as-its-summer-rival-beer-goes-flat">Bloomberg reported</a>, based on Nielsen data.</span></p><p>Not only have fans of the wine emerged on social media - new brands of rosé have come about via social platforms as well. What started simply as an Instagram account, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/yeswayrose/">yeswayrose</a> later launched a tote bag and ultimately a line of rosé. And social media influencer <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thefatjewish/?hl=en">The Fat Jewish</a> launched White Girl Rose with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/webroughtwine/?hl=en">Swish Beverages</a> in the summer of 2015.</p><p>In the summer of 2014, Hamptons restaurants and East End wineries <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-hamptons-is-running-out-of-ros-2014-8">ran out of the drink</a>. In 2017, Rosé All Day, a wine named after the popular hashtag, <a href="https://www.bustle.com/p/rose-all-day-is-actual-rose-that-exists-now-the-hashtag-has-come-full-circle-54152">was launched</a>.</p><p>"I want to tell [millennials]: "I tried to get your mom to drink it for 20 years. And now, mom's caught on," Singh said.</p><div>    </div><div>    </div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/wyze-labs-camera-google-nest-cam-2018-4">How a tiny camera startup is taking on Amazon and Google</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div></hr>

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<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Alison Millington</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul><li><strong>I ordered a "low calorie" meal on a recent transatlantic British Airways flight for free - and I'll never eat the standard economy food again.</strong></li><li><strong>There are a number of special meals you probably didn't realise you could order.</strong></li><li><strong>Ordering a special meal also means you get served first.</strong></li><li><strong>Scroll down to see BA's full list of special meals - but you can get them on most major airlines.</strong></li></ul><p><br />From <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-you-should-pay-for-the-exit-seat-on-a-transatlantic-flight-2018-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">booking a seat in the exit row</a> to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-airport-lounges-in-the-world-under-55-a-visit-2018-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paying to use an airport lounge</a>, there are a number of things you can do to <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/make-an-economy-flight-feel-like-first-class-2016-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">make your economy flight experience more bearable</a>.</p><p>On the return leg of a recent roundtrip flight from London to Toronto with British Airways, I decided, for the first time, to actually pay attention to my booking options and order a "special meal."</p><p>No, I'm not vegan or vegetarian, and I don't have any allergies - I simply wanted to test out something other the standard fare I've always wolfed down.</p><p>As it turns out, there are <a href="https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/information/food-and-drink/special-meals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plenty of options</a> you may not have realised exist - and they're free to order online as soon as you've confirmed your booking.</p><h2>Going 'low calorie'</h2><p>I opted for the "low calorie" option, since, as I do the London to Toronto flight often, I always land feeling like I've eaten far too much with hours of the day still to go.</p><p>According to BA, this option should be "low in fat and sugar with a reduced portion of protein."</p><p>The dinner, pictured above, was noticeably more fresh than the standard economy meal, which is always "four-course" on a long-haul flight.</p><p>I was given "Chicken Fillet with Spinach Crust," served with a bit of pasta in a plain tomato sauce and broccoli, along with a bean salad, some fruit, a whole grain roll, and a bottle of water.</p><p>The pasta dish may not look like much, and was relatively bland, but it tasted surprisingly fresh and didn't make me feel ill shortly afterwards.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Alison Millington</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>On a long-haul economy flight with BA, you get a "light meal" - breakfast, basically - before you reach your destination. </p><p>While everyone around me received a slice of sugary-looking cake, I was given some more fruit, apple juice, and a small muffin.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Alison Millington</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Another low-calorie option might mean a breakfast like turkey rashers, mushrooms, spinach, and baked beans, according to the airline.</p><h2>Your food arrives first</h2><p>While I was glad I'd ordered the slightly healthier food for the sake of my body, the best part of ordering a special meal is the fact that your food will always arrive first.</p><p>Cabin crew hand out pre-ordered food before they start with regular meal service - meaning you're often finished eating and already asleep before your neighbour has even been giving their choice of "chicken or beef."</p><p>And, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-you-should-pay-for-the-exit-seat-on-a-transatlantic-flight-2018-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">if you book an exit row seat</a>, the drinks service will also start in your row - meaning you can get your complimentary wine ahead of everyone else, too.</p><h2>There are plenty of other options</h2><p>If low calorie doesn't sound up your street, BA provided me with the full list of other special meals available on most long-haul flights - or on short-haul flights if you're flying business class.</p><p><strong>Here are your options, with some example dishes:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Lacto-ovo-vegetarian</strong><ul><li>Does not contain meat, fish or seafood. May contain dairy products such as milk, butter, cheese and eggs.</li></ul></li><li><strong>Vegan vegetarian</strong><ul><li>Does not contain meat, fish, fowl, eggs, honey, dairy products or derivatives.</li><li>Example: Vegan Thai curry.</li></ul></li><li><strong>Asian/Hindu vegetarian</strong><ul><li>A meat-free, spicy meal. Does not contain fish, shellfish, meat, poultry or eggs.</li></ul></li><li><strong>Muslim </strong><ul><li>Does not contain pork, by-products of pork, or ingredients containing alcohol. All meats come from ritually slaughtered animals.</li></ul></li><li><strong>Kosher</strong><ul><li>Prepared to comply with Jewish dietary laws.</li></ul></li><li><strong>Child meal</strong><ul><li>"Familiar and fun food" for children. May contain beef and pork products.</li><li>Example: Five Spice Butternut Squash Frittata</li></ul></li><li><strong>Diabetic</strong><ul><li>Does not contain sugars, syrups, jams, cakes and chocolate, unless they're specific diabetic varieties to help you manage your blood sugar levels.</li><li>Example: Chicken Ciabatta</li></ul></li><li><strong>Gluten intolerant</strong><ul><li>Does not contain wheat, wheat flour, barley oats, rye, bread, cakes (unless wheat free), pastry, sausages or any flour-based products.</li><li>Example: Chicken Basquaise</li></ul></li><li><strong>Low fat</strong><ul><li>A high-fibre meal with reduced fat.</li><li>Example dish: Poached Cod &amp; Herbs</li></ul></li><li><strong>Low salt</strong><ul><li>Does not contain salt, MSG and baking soda/powder. Instead, the meal is flavoured with herbs and spices.</li><li>Example: Lemon and Sultana Pancakes with Maple Syrup</li></ul></li><li><strong>Low lactose</strong><ul><li>Does not contain cheese, dairy products and their derivatives, lactose or milk products.</li></ul></li></ul><h2>You can pay to go gourmet</h2><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>British Airways</span></p><p class="caption">The Taste of Britain meal from British Airways' exclusive menu.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>If you can't afford to splurge on a first class ticket, but appreciate the finer things, you can also <a href="https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/information/food-and-drink/long-haul-economy-dining" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pay to order from the "exclusive" online menu</a> between 30 days and 24 hours before your flight.</p><p>Ranging from £15 to £18, the meals include the likes of a "Gourmet Dining" option featuring poached king prawns, braised Herefordshire beef cheek, and a chocolate ganache bar with passion fruit coulis and crushed, toasted hazelnuts, or a "Taste of Britain" meal featuring Loch Fyne smoked salmon, slow-roasted Wiltshire pork belly, summer berry pudding with Cornish clotted cream, and cheese and crackers.</p><h2>It's not just on British Airways</h2><p>Don't be fooled into thinking BA is the only airline with so many meals on offer - most transatlantic carriers also give you a choice if you look for it.</p><p><a href="https://www.delta.com/content/www/en_US/traveling-with-us/onboard-services/special-meals.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Delta</a> and <a href="https://www.qatarairways.com/en/services-special/special-meals.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Qatar Airways</a> have "bland meal" among their lists of options, while you can order a fruit platter on <a href="https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/before-you-fly/travel/dietary-requirements.aspx#Seafood%20Meal%20(SFML)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emirates.</a></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/shop-paints-cars-pearl-powder-color-bombs-2018-6">This shop paints cars using 'color bombs'</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

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<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Screenshot/Daily Stormer</span></p><p class="caption">A screenshot of the Daily Stormer's banner.</p></div><p></p></div></div>A white supremacist website that was banned by both of its US-based web hosts earlier this week has found a new home for its server - Russia.</p><p>The Daily Stormer was dropped by both GoDaddy and Google after its founder, white supremacist Andrew Anglin, published an article attacking the 32-year-old counterprotester who was run over by an alleged neo-Nazi in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday. </p><p>Anglin wrote on Wednesday that his site was shut down "by the greasy Jews" <span> who said that he had incited terrorism by "making fun of a fat skank who had been run over by a car." </span></p><p>He wrote, mockingly, that Trump "called his true friend," Russian President Vladimir Putin, to convince him to host The Daily Stormer on Russian servers.</p><p>Anglin has long espoused views sympathetic to the Kremlin, including support for pro-Russia Ukrainian separatists. But <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-connections-to-the-alt-right-2016-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">white supremacists' draw to Putin's Russia</a>, and vice versa, is neither new nor unique to Anglin.</p><p><span>Self-described white nationalist Matthew Heimbach, who said he identifies as a member of the alt-right, has praised Putin's Russia as "the axis for nationalists."</span></p><p>White nationalist Richard Spencer, who coined the term "alt-right," has <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-moves-praise-for-putin-closer-to-the-mainstream-of-the-gop/2016/09/09/ccf2853c-7693-11e6-8149-b8d05321db62_story.html?postshare=4631473515008779&amp;tid=ss_tw">called</a> Russia the "sole white power in the world."</p><p data-para-count="120" data-total-count="414"><span>Russia, meanwhile, has long offered safe spaces for fringe thinkers, including white supremacists and anti-Semites, that are not limited to the internet. </span></p><p data-para-count="120" data-total-count="414">At a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/world/europe/right-wing-groups-find-a-haven-for-a-day-in-russia.html?_r=1">right-wing conference in St. Petersburg, Russia</a>, in 2015 - organized by Russia's nationalist Rodina, or Motherland, party - American "race realist" Jared Taylor  <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/03/24/americans-abroad-dickson-taylor-attend-russian-white-nationalist-conference">called</a> <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/03/24/americans-abroad-dickson-taylor-attend-russian-white-nationalist-conference">the US</a> "the greatest enemy of tradition everywhere." Klu Klux Klan attorney Sam Dickson also attended, and he joined Taylor in calling for the preservation of "[the white] race and civilization."</p><p>David Duke, the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, has traveled to Russia several times to promote his book "The Ultimate Supremacism: My Awakening on the Jewish Question." The book has been sold openly in the main lobby of the State Duma (Congress) for the equivalent of about $2, according to the Anti-Defamation League.</p><p>Preston Wiginton, a white supremacist from Texas who sublets Duke's Moscow apartment when he travels to Russia, has written that his "best friends" in Russia - "the only nation that understands RAHOWA [Racial Holy War]" - are "leading skinheads."</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-blames-both-sides-charlottesville-press-conference-neo-nazis-protest-2017-8">'What about the alt-left?': Trump melts down and blames both sides for Charlottesville</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

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<p>If you've ever used Facebook, you know that nerve-wracking feeling while you wait for someone to accept your friend request. Turns out, there's an easy way to see all the people who haven't accepted your requests and are keeping you in social-media purgatory. </p><h2>Here's how to see all the people ignoring your friend requests on Facebook.  </h2><p><strong>Log into Facebook and click the "Friends" icon on the upper right-hand side of the screen. </strong></p><p><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Madison Malone Kircher</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></strong></p><p><strong>Click "See All" at the bottom of the drop-down list.</strong></p><p><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Madison Malone Kircher</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></strong></p><p><strong>Next, click "View Sent Requests." </strong></p><p><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Madison Malone Kircher</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>That's it. Now you have an easy-to-access list of all the people who haven't accepted your friend requests. </strong></p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Madison Malone Kircher</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/heres-how-to-see-who-has-ignored-your-friend-request#.xk2EykPmge">H/T BuzzFeed</a></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-star-fat-jewish-bio-2015-7">Meet 'The Fat Jewish,' Instagram's cult phenomenon with 5.5 million followers</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="pxZ3YzdjqZU2RNaCU6HKScvWvGwLehVx" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

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<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image"><p class="source"><span>Andrew H. Walker/FilmMagic</span></p><p class="caption">Instagram CEO Kevin Kevin Systrom with Kim Kardashian West at the CFDA Awards.</p></div><p></p></div></div>Instagram is moving to become a more real-time social network by launching a curated live feed of events, such as Halloween, <a href="http://recode.net/2015/10/31/instagram-joins-snapchat-twitter-with-new-event-specific-content-streams/">Re/Code reports</a>. </p><p>Users in the US who opened the app on Saturday were prompted to "Watch Halloween's Best Videos." Clicking the prompt took users to an "immersive" feed of live video, uploaded by Instagram users and curated by employees.</p><p>This feature is similar to Snapchat's "Live Stories" which feature pictures and video uploaded by users in different locations, such as London, the NYC Marathon, and Día de Los Muertos (the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead">Day of the Dead</a>") in Mexico. Twitter also <a href="https://about.twitter.com/moments">recently launched Moments</a>, a curated feed based around tweets on certain events. </p><p>Instagram told Re/Code that "[live video] is a new way to experience events and big moments, as they happen, through the eyes of the Instagram community." </p><p>When Business Insider <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/why-instagram-bans-freethenipple-2015-9">asked Kevin Systrom about Snapchat</a> and his attitude towards the service, he seemed nonchalant, arguing that the two networks offer different experiences for users. However, the move to more real-time curated content would suggest otherwise. </p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-star-fat-jewish-bio-2015-7">Meet 'The Fat Jewish,' Instagram's cult phenomenon with 5.5 million followers</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="pxZ3YzdjqZU2RNaCU6HKScvWvGwLehVx" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

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<p class="source"><span>Mike Segar/Reuters; Mike2020/Twitter; DrGrayFang/Instagram</span></p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign has been using a unique social-media strategy to attract younger voters to the Democratic hopeful.</li><li>Over the last few months, Bloomberg's campaign has paid and partnered with popular Instagram meme accounts and micro-influencers to create content.</li><li>Part of the campaign's success has been its specific strategy for each social platform. Doing that requires significant investment, something Bloomberg and his campaign is more than willing to pay.</li><li>Donald Trump made a name for himself during his 2016 campaign for his strategy on Facebook, where he spent $20 million of flooding users with hundreds of thousands of ads.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><p>Michael Bloomberg may have gotten a late start in the presidential race, but his campaign is hoping that a distinct - and eyebrow-raising - approach on social media will help the Democratic hopeful gain some ground.</p><p>Photos of Bloomberg's <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike2020/status/1217254115132235776">face in a meatball</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike2020/status/1217282699666296833">shoutouts to Tostitos</a> tortilla chips have baffled the public. Twitter posts <a href="https://app.asana.com/0/home/1128817793888960/1159661919404305">about Lady Gaga</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike2020/status/1217254916651126786">Secret Service codenames</a> drew concerns that his campaign account was hacked (<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-bloomberg-campaign-tweets-democratic-debate-2020-1">it was not</a>). It wasn't clear whether <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike2020/status/1222324982786797568">a video showing Bloomberg</a> with a carton of Big Gay Ice Cream was a sponsored post, or Bloomberg just sharing how much he likes the popular New York City ice cream chain.</p><p>But if any of these unusual social media posts have caused you to take a pause or screenshot to send to your friends, Bloomberg's campaign has done its job, according to his national spokesperson Sabrina Singh.</p><p>Singh recently told Business Insider how the campaign is using an "unconventional" approach to wooing over young voters by not just posting on social media, but putting up content that gets people to respond or take notice of the 78-year-old former New York City mayor. Bloomberg can afford to spend, with <a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/michael-bloomberg/#4d5d87ad1417">an individual net worth</a> of more than $62 billion. It's at least 10 times more than Trump was worth during the 2016 election, <a href="https://www.mic.com/articles/154630/donald-trump-s-net-worth-2016-here-s-what-we-know-about-the-candidate-s-personal-finances">which was estimated</a> between $3 billion and $5 billion. </p><h3>A strategy of oversaturation</h3><p>Bloomberg seems to be replicating the social-media strategy made famous by Trump, who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/28/donald-trump-facebook-ad-campaign-2020-election">spent nearly $20 million</a> to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-other-advertisers-spending-most-on-facebook-political-ads-2019-11">inundate Facebook</a> users' feeds with hundreds of thousands of fear-mongering and fact-bending ads. However, Bloomberg has spent even more than Trump in order to widen his campaign's approach to cover a wide berth social media - and dictate different strategies for each platform that are proven to be effective in going viral. While Bloomberg's Twitter thrives on content just weird enough that it could get users to share it thousands of times, his Instagram presence has harnessed its <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/influencer-marketing-report">multi-billion dollar influencer marketing industry</a> to figure out what users want.</p><p>Since launching his campaign in November, Bloomberg has spent big to make his online presence known. He's <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-iowa-muddle-bloomberg-to-double-ad-spending-11580858187">poured in more than $300 million</a> on ads across TV, radio, Facebook, and Google - more than the four other leading Democratic candidates have spent combined.</p><p>At one point earlier in February, Bloomberg's team was spending an average of <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/bloomberg-spends-big-challenge-trump-his-home-court-facebook-n1135791">more than $1 million a day</a> on ads for Facebook alone.</p><p>"You want people to feel like it's not just a canned generic statement they're getting," Singh told Business Insider. "We're not only engaging with folks online, but trying to reach them on any platform that meets their needs."</p><p>But Bloomberg's social-media strategy team - made up of a "diverse" and "innovative" group of employees from the 2020 campaign and from Bloomberg's little-known tech firm Hawkfish, according to Singh - has gone beyond distributing a steady stream of zany tweets and messages.</p><h3>Influencing influencers</h3><p>The flood of Bloomberg-sponsored content has been noticed across Twitter, Instagram, and other popular platforms. According <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/bloomberg-bankrolls-a-social-media-army-to-push-message-11582127768?mod=hp_lead_pos2">to the Wall Street Journal</a>, the campaign is shelling out $2,500 a month to more than 500 workers, who are expected to send weekly text messages to their phone contacts and make daily posts on social media that voice support for Bloomberg.</p><p>As first reported by <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-bloomberg-is-paying-influencers-to-make-him-seem-cool-9?ref=author">the Daily Beast's Scott Bixby</a>, the Bloomberg campaign recently tried to recruit smaller influencers to create original content for the team. Bloomberg's campaign offers a fixed $150 fee to produce social media posts that "Show+Tell why Mike is the candidate who can change our country for the better, state why YOU think he's a great candidate," according to a post on influencer marketplace Tribe.</p><p>Under <a href="https://www.tribegroup.co/toc">Tribe's influencer guidelines</a>, participating influencers are obligated not to "parody, disparage, give any adverse comment or make fun of" the brand they're employed by - in this case, Bloomberg.</p><p>More recently, some of Instagram's most popular meme accounts were targeted. With more than 60 million combined, several meme accounts dropped sponsored posts promoting Bloomberg en masse, as first reported by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/style/michael-bloomberg-memes-jerry-media.html">the New York Times's Taylor Lorenz</a>. Each account posted <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bloomberg-2020-campaign-instagram-memes-tank-sinatra-fuck-jerry-2020-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">a very meta screenshot</a> of what appears to be an Instagram direct message conversation with Bloomberg, in which he requests a sponsored post, or shares a dad humor-type joke, or flaunts how much money he has. </p><p>It's an rare approach to political campaigns on Instagram. As a result, Instagram has had to roll out new rules specifically for influencers doing sponsored content for political campaigns. Instagram told <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1228328801744162816">NYT's Lorenz</a> that influencers will now be required to uses the platform's branded content tags and tools to clearly indicate their posts are paid.</p><p>Although the meme blitz <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/style/michael-bloomberg-memes-jerry-media.html">has gotten praise</a> from some, it doesn't appear everyone is sold by Bloomberg's strategy. Another popular meme account, The Fat Jewish, commented on the sponsored post on Tank.Sinatra's Instagram: "Tank you're a beautiful man, but this is an L."</p><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B8fR4xnlqw6/">Instagram</a></span></p><p>"Mike Bloomberg 2020 has teamed up with social creators to collaborate with the campaign, including the meme world," Singh <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/style/michael-bloomberg-memes-jerry-media.html">told the New York Times</a>. "While a meme strategy may be new to presidential politics, we're betting it will be an effective component to reach people where they are and compete with President Trump's powerful digital operation."</p><h3>Working the system</h3><p>It's unclear what kind of impact the Bloomberg campaign's tactics have had on younger Democratic voters, who have a field of eight presidential candidates to choose from. Bloomberg <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/elections/democratic-polls.html">has risen to fourth place</a> in the Democratic race in national polling, and has since qualified for a spot on the Democratic debate stage <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-to-watch-for-in-the-nevada-democratic-debate-11582108201?mod=article_inline">for the first time</a>.</p><p>The combination of memes, influencer outreach, and an outlandish social-media presence gives the impression that Bloomberg and his team want to show he doesn't just understand millenials; he <em>gets</em> Generation Z. Bloomberg has also taken direct aim at Trump in his campaign posts, as Democratic voters' displeasure with the Republican president roars ahead of the November election.</p><p>As an example of the unique approach of Bloomberg's campaign, Singh pointed at <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike2020/status/1225566201079848960">the campaign's Twitter post</a> during the State of the Union that showed Trump talking alongside an animated dancing gingerbread man engulfed in flames.</p><p>Bloomberg 2020's social-media strategy has been emphasized most when the former governor has pushed his stances on social policies, such as climate change and LGBTQ rights. On the day in January that Bloomberg took to Twitter to roll out position on LGBTQ equality, the Bloomberg campaign posted a puzzling 10-second video.</p><p>"Where's my ice cream?" Bloomberg asks <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike2020/status/1222324982786797568">in the video on Twitter</a>. Someone off-screen hands him a pint of ice cream from <a href="https://www.biggayicecream.com/">Big Gay Ice Cream</a>, a New York-based ice cream shop known for its bright-colored signery and offerings.</p><p><a href="https://www.mikebloomberg.com/policies/lgbtq">On his website</a>, Bloomberg has promised expand health care for LGBTQ individuals and address hate crimes toward the community. Bloomberg's campaign <a href="https://twitter.com/IsaacMizrahi/status/1229812419641389063">shared a video</a> Tuesday pledging the candidate's support of LGBTQ youth. The same day, a 2019 video <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/dominicholden/michael-bloomberg-2020-transgender-comments-video">uncovered by Buzzfeed News</a> showed Bloomberg referring to transgender people as "it" and a "guy wearing a dress."</p><p>To end his short video on Twitter, Bloomberg takes a bite of ice cream, and looks right into the camera.</p><p>"Mmm ... Big Gay Ice Cream is the best."</p><p class="tagline"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence/stories-slide-deck?IR=T&amp;itm_source=businessinsider&amp;itm_medium=ctgr_bii&amp;itm_term=ctgr_leadgen&amp;itm_content=socialmedia&amp;itm_campaign=stories-slide-deck"></a></p>

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<p>Late Monday night, the internet lit its torches for newly-appointed "Daily Show" host Trevor Noah, who is taking over for Jon Stewart on the late night show, after <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trevor-noah-bad-tweets-2015-3">unearthing some offensive tweets</a> Noah sent a few years back.</p><p>Now Comedy Central has released a statement defending Noah and its choice to have him host.</p><p>Here's part of that statement (<a href="https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/582979811141922816/photo/1">via Dave Itzkoff</a>):</p><div><div></div></div><div></div><div>And the full tweet from Comedy Central:</div><div></div><div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer">Here are some of Noah's tweets that were making their way around Twitter last night:</p><div><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><div><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p>Noah, 31, who hails from South Africa and has built a massive following of fans, has appeared on "The Daily Show" three times.</p><p>He has not tweeted since yesterday's announcement:</p><div><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-headphones-tricks-2015-2">14 things you didn't know your iPhone headphones could do</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="o2OGM3czpWcydnvhjbkDBd6feXPuExiD" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div>Daily-fantasy sports website DraftKings is no stranger to spending money.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From August 1st through mid-September, DraftKings spent $81 million on 22,000 ad spots, making it the biggest advertiser on television for a week in September, according to </span><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/cmo/2015/09/16/are-draftkings-and-fanduel-bombarding-fans-with-too-many-ads/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Wall Street Journal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. In one week alone, DraftKings spent $20 million on ads airing 5,800 times. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It appears that DraftKings is also spending some money - albeit significantly less than $81 million - on an interesting marketing campaign featuring the controversial "King of Instagram," Dan Bilzerian.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span>Bilzerian&#xa0;earned his&#xa0;nickname&#xa0;on Instagram&#xa0;after sharing hundreds of photos of his seemingly lavish lifestyle.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Underneath an Instagram picture of Bilzerian surrounded by models, he wrote: "So I guess Draft Kings [sic] figured they hadn't spent enough money running commercials so they gave me 250k to spend on a 3 day Cabo trip hosted by a bunch of models, I usually spend 150k for 4-5 days, so it will be a bit of a challenge to spend it, but I'm sure I can find a way."</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div></div></span></p><p class="embed-spacer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We reached out to DraftKings specifically to ask about the amount of money in question, but&#xa0;</span><a href="https://www.draftkings.com/blitz"><span style="font-weight: 400;">DraftKings' website</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> does boast a VIP trip to Cabo featuring Bilzerian. In order to win the VIP trip, according to DraftKings, you'd have to beat Bilzerian's fantasy draft roster this weekend, ultimately finishing in the top 10. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though there's no monetary prize attached to the contest on the website, DraftKings says winners will get to fly in a private jet to Cabo, hang out with the King of Instagram himself, and stay in a "beachside mansion" for a weekend.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spending so much money on <keyword id="35666" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="advertising">advertising</keyword>, promotions, and marketing does seem, from a business perspective, a bit crazy, but it may work out if DraftKings can acquire a ton of new customers. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Indeed, DraftKings CEO Jason Robins told the WSJ that the advertising is working for the website- the company has added "hundreds of thousands of new users per day, growing from 3 million users to 4.5 million users" since the week before the NFL season started.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DraftKings, a $1.2 billion, Boston-based startup, has raised $375 million in venture capital funding from investors like MLB's venture arm, Melo7 Tech partners, the NHL, and Redpoint Ventures.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The startup is also mired in controversy: earlier this month, </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/sports/fanduel-draftkings-fantasy-employees-bet-rivals.html?smid=tw-bna&amp;_r=1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The New York Times reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that a DraftKings employee admitted to "inadvertently releasing data before the start of the third week of N.F.L. games." That same week, the employee won $350,000 at FanDuel, DraftKings' biggest competitor in the daily fantasy sports business.</span></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-star-fat-jewish-bio-2015-7">Meet 'The Fat Jewish,' Instagram's cult phenomenon with 5.5 million followers</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="pxZ3YzdjqZU2RNaCU6HKScvWvGwLehVx" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

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<p>Early Monday morning <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trevor-noah-daily-show-2015-3">it was announced that Trevor Noah</a>, a 31-year-old comedian from South Africa, would be replacing Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show."</p><p>Noah, who has appeared on "The Daily Show" only 3 times, is a standup comic who regularly sells out massive stadiums in South Africa.</p><p>But now the internet seems to be turning on Noah, after a deep dive into his Twitter feed revealed jokes that just seemed more offensive than funny.</p><p>BuzzFeed's Tom Gara unearthed most of the tweets, the majority of them from 2011 and 2012.</p><div><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer">He then proceeded to retweet some of Noah's tweets:</p><div><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><div><div></div></div><div><div></div></div><div><div></div></div><div><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer">Here's what some people had to say about those tweets:</p><div><div></div></div><div><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><div><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><div><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><div><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer">&#xa0;And some people were over it before it even began:</p><div><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer">&#xa0;Some thought a firing was in the works, not even 24 hours after publicly announcing he'd be joining the show.</p><div><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer">Both sides of the argument seemed to be filling up quickly on Twitter late Monday night into early Tuesday morning: jokes are jokes vs. these jokes were just bad.</p><p class="embed-spacer">Gara also points out:</p><div><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer">And perhaps Kevin Roose of Fusion said it best:</p><div><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p>&#xa0;</p><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p class="embed-spacer"></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/beauty-standards-family-values-china-2015-2">What the Chinese saying 'The ugly wife is a treasure at home' actually means</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="A2ZDA2czqSqbJOFG5SDDrvRmvRoUjAPm" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

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<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div>The internet is buzzing with controversy after Instagram model Essena O'Neill announced she was quitting social media.<p>Now other online&#xa0;stars are firing back to say it's not necessarily social media's fault O'Neill is unhappy.</p><p>In fact, two girls who say they are friends with O'Neill are calling the entire thing&#xa0;a hoax.</p><p>It all started on November 2 when O'Neill, 19, uploaded a video saying social media was fake and announcing that she was going to stop updating her Instagram account. Now, she's <a href="http://www.letsbegamechangers.com/">running&#xa0;a website called Let's Be Game Changers</a>&#xa0;and uploading videos to document her life after Instagram.</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div><p>She's received an outpouring of support from the general public, but now that her story has been making the rounds online, other social media stars are speaking up - and many seem pretty skeptical.</p><p>Twin YouTube musicians <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB3HtCMfZic">Nina and Randa uploaded the most damning video of all</a>, entitled, "ESSENA O'NEILL Quitting Social Media Is A HOAX."</p><p><div></div></p><p class="embed-spacer"><strong>Here's the biggest reason why they say O'Neill is just putting on a show:&#xa0;</strong>She's <em>still</em> promoting herself on social media.</p><p class="embed-spacer">Then they call her fake multiple times. (With friends like these...!)</p><p class="embed-spacer">O'Neill&#xa0;appears to have responded to the video on her new site with a statement at the top of the site. But it's not clear whether she's referring specifically to Nina and Randa, or to someone else.</p><p class="embed-spacer"><a href="http://www.letsbegamechangers.com/">Here's what she wrote</a>:</p><p class="embed-spacer" style="padding-left: 30px;">Please, this isn't about my personal life. Those I trusted spreading rumours... this is my exact point about social media. WE MUST USE OUR VOICES FOR GOOD AND POSITIVE CHANGE. Why not talk about this movement as a concept? Why not talk about all the documentaries and books I have here that truly helped me? Why not use this as purely an example of social media reliance. Human beings are capable of so much more than gossip, cool pictures and ironic captions. Let's talk about real things happening globally that matter. Love the people around you and don't live in my phone, that's all my point is."</p><p class="embed-spacer">Other social media stars have also weighed in.</p><p class="embed-spacer">YouTuber Doddlevloggle apologizes to O'Neill for "what happened to [her]" and adds, "If you think what you're doing is going to help you and your life, please do it."</p><p class="embed-spacer">"This is what&#xa0;happens when&#xa0;you mix social media with your own life and your own personality," she says. "I am a brand but the thing is I am that brand. I'm not lying. That's where you shouldn't go wrong... If you're building your brand&#xa0;up to be some&#xa0;happy, perfect human being who is just beautiful and brilliant in every single way, that's not gonna work. You can't live up to that."&#xa0;</p><p class="embed-spacer"><div></div></p><p class="embed-spacer">YouTuber star Acacia Brinley tweeted a lengthy&#xa0;message to her 700,000 Twitter followers, concluding:</p><p class="embed-spacer">"She chose to edit her life and pretend it was perfect for love and appreciation. I chose to be myself and get love from my family and friends. The social media world is a happy place for me. YOU CONTROL YOUR OWN HAPPINESS."</p><p class="embed-spacer"><div></div></p><p class="embed-spacer">Oh, and one more thing:</p><p class="embed-spacer"><div></div></p><p class="embed-spacer">Still, the overwhelming attitude of the general public using&#xa0;Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook seems to be one of support for O'Neill.</p><p class="embed-spacer"><div></div></p><p class="embed-spacer"><div></div></p><p class="embed-spacer"><div></div></p><p class="embed-spacer">Even Bryanboy, one of the first huge style bloggers and Instagram influencers, is supporting her - but with a small catch. <a href="https://instagram.com/p/9nzROLpi3S/">He wrote on Instagram:</a></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">"I get where she's coming from and there are definitely [some] truths to what she's saying but NOT everyone on social media lives a blatantly manufactured life specifically FOR social media.&#xa0;The irony of it all is that in the end -- she's still using social media to further her (amazing) agenda. But it does make you wonder who's guilty and who isn't... Anyone else living in a make believe world?"</p><p>O'Neill&#xa0;herself actually hasn't stopped posting on social completely - she's now updating her Vimeo account every day. And she says she's really happy with the attention her story is getting.</p><p><div><div class="vimeo-embed-container"></div></div></p><p class="embed-spacer">&#xa0;</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-star-fat-jewish-bio-2015-7">Meet 'The Fat Jewish,' Instagram's cult phenomenon with 5.5 million followers</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="pxZ3YzdjqZU2RNaCU6HKScvWvGwLehVx" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

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