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Yesterday I saw an ad 🤢 for some cosmetics and heard something weird… not exact wording but “89% of women would switch”.

I’ve seen “social proof” on websites and apps but this may have been the first time I heard it in an ad. It was just strange to me. 🤨

“Would switch” ?! Huh? … if what? Feels like there is potentially a false or misleading claim.

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nobody · 133w

89% of 17 women we selected for this statement is also true. C Bill Hicks

Undisciplined · 133w

Vague enough to be unfalsifiable

Alain · 133w

.. a false or misleading claim in an AD!? Say it ain't so!

Duck Nebuchadnezzar · 133w

Your current makeup now contains live fire ants. You could continue using what you have or you could switch to a new bottle of <product name>. Would you switch? yes / no

Adeptus · 133w

Because it's, at least, two things. 1- a made up statistic 2- an "appeal to majority". A common informal fallacy. Or it's true but not cited and poorly worded. (Not likely in this current societal climate)