>deliberately make ad campaign with a fap b8 character designed to appeal to young men
>waahhhh why are they drawing R34 of her we're pulling the plug on this shit
Derp de derp.
>>90818773
>esurance doesn't know a lot about the internet
>makes a mascot that people on the internet, which they dont know about, find attractive
>they find out the people on the internet, which they didn't know about, made porn of her
>wisely end the ad campaign
It's kind of like how Alex Hirsch said that he regretted making cartoons based on his family members.
I miss her.
>>90818773
She was designed before rule 34 was a big thing, mind you. And they were already phasing her out once the rule was coined.
>>90818806
Don't bully your doggo
Let's not kid yourselves here. You make porn out of everything. Saying they made her attractive doesn't mean anything.
>>90818806
Stop being a corporate apologist.
Erin was specifically aimed at the 18-24 demographic.
>>90819039
>before
Stop being factually wrong.
She was launched in 2004 and phased out in 2010.
Rule34 was coined in 2003/2004.
>>90820280
>people not finding this beard sexy
shit polling sample confirmed
>>90820055
The actual reason they cancelled the campaign wasn't that there was porn, it's that the porn had gotten popular enough to show up on page 1 of searches.
>>90820370
Well duh.
That's what you get when you make a sexy mascot specifically aimed at horny teenagers/young adults.
>>90820055
>Rule34 was coined in 2003/2004.
No, it was coined in 2006-7. The first big r34 board was on 7chan. Before that, the closest thing was wwoec.
>>90820476
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_34_(Internet_meme)
>>90818773
This is a myth. The real reason is that the ad campaign wasn't succeeding in its primary goal of getting people to buy insurance from them.