/c/café daily chat thread for 15 August 2023

Hello. What's the story behind this community? Where do you all come from?

I'll do proper notice on the movies comm but apparently this local movie tak dapat chance to really build word of mouth (which has been good amongst ppl I know who managed to catch it) - just came out on the 10th and tomorrow is already the last day. 🙄

https://youtu.be/CkyZIELinX0 Synopsis (taken from trailer info) ...starring Chen Keat Yoke, Eric Chen, Sam Chong, Rabbit Chen and Fabian Loo. Only in Malaysian cinemas 10 August 2023. Hungry Ghost Diner is a family-friendly film, which explores the heartfelt meaning behind the Hungry Ghost Festival through the eyes of its intrepid protagonist Bonnie Lam (played by Yoke % T $E), who discovers that her family's coffee shop is haunted by ghosts of her dead relatives returning for the annual Ghost Festival at rural Behrang Stesen, Perak.

Hello hello, how are you abs how is breakfast?

I know Atomic Heart isn't well received, but dang, this song is awesome.

pasang radio, and just discovered this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjWjFXgobBc (Saixse X MK K-Clique - MALAMPAGI REMIX)

does anyone know much about malaysian hip-hop scene? i'm so curious, especially after finding out Def Jam set up a SEA office also.

If you are anisong enjoyer you need to check out this masterpiece skyclad observer This is the collab version. The original version is Kanako Ito's single.

LMAO: https://www.axios.com/2023/08/15/x-twitter-shuts-100m-promoted-accounts-ad-biz

Yeah, stay on twitter. It's so useful for discoverability.

From article:

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, will no longer allow advertisers to promote their accounts within the platform's timeline to attract new followers, according to an email to advertising clients obtained by Axios.

Why it matters: Promoted accounts — or "Follower Objective" ads — generate more than $100 million annually in global revenue for X, a source familiar with the company's business told Axios.

Promoted accounts are one of the oldest ad formats offered on the platform. The ads appear as text-based posts within the X timeline and include a "Follow" button for the account promoting them.
But follower ads, while easy to sell, are static. They don't leverage any of the multi-media tools, like video, that X is trying to lean into.

Details: In a note to clients on Aug. 10, an X representative said the company planned to start "depreciating the Followers objective" ad unit beginning as soon as last Friday.

The representative wrote that the change "comes as part of a larger effort to optimize the X experience by prioritizing content formats."
They further noted that given client's strategies are reliant on the followers objective ad unit, X — in the weeks ahead — "will work to identify alternative routes to meet these goals."
As of Monday, the Followers Objective was still listed as an advertising opportunity on X's business website. 

What they're saying: Asked for comment, X acknowledged that the company was depreciating the ad unit.

It said it's made recommendations to clients to try other types of ad units, including engagement campaigns, which put an advertiser's name and account at the forefront of an ad, and reach campaigns that allow advertisers to pay for additional ad impressions.

(More at link)

Hey KV people who have to go office today, do you think the road is more congested than usual?

And how about those who take public transport, do you feel the same as well? Because today it's hella packed