Introducing the Silence, Brand! tip line, a place to send us the brand gossip, internet weirdness, marketing mysteries, cultural breadcrumbs, questionable campaigns, niche drama, and strange sightings.

Generally, we’re looking for things that could land in one of three buckets:

• Brand W: You saw a brand do something good, smart, funny, interesting, or genuinely worth talking about.

• Brand L: You saw a brand do something bad, baffling, embarrassing, culturally cursed, or deserving of a little scrutiny.

• Brand News: A brand did a thing. A campaign launched. There’s discourse brewing. You don’t necessarily have a take yet, but you think we should know about it.

• Trend: Signals are brewing.

  1. This might be an emerging video format or audio on TikTok or a carousel trend on Instagram.

     EX: TikTokers are taking part in Pudding mit Gabel (or “pudding with fork”) trend, where groups of Gen Z are meeting up to eat pudding with forks.

  2. It could also be an emerging conversation that doesn’t necessarily have a replicable format.

     EX: We’re seeing an uptick in content romanticizing Nordic twee, a cozy Scandinavian aesthetic built around colorful knits, folk-inspired patterns, playful layering, and clothes that look like they belong somewhere with extremely good bread.

And yes, “I liked this” and “I don’t like this” are both perfectly acceptable starting points. Tell us why. 
We want to know what caught your attention and what made it interesting enough that you came here to tell us about it.

It does not need to be a press release. (In fact, please do not feel like you need to turn it into one)
Should you have an actual press release, please email it to editor at silencebrand.social

This tip line is designed for everyone from entry-level employees seeing the work up close to C-suite executives seeing it from the top. There is no hierarchy of opinions here.

And yes—tips can be anonymous. 

You don’t need to attach your name or LinkedIn to have something worth saying. 
If you’d rather whisper something into the Silence, Brand! void and disappear, we respect the ancient tradition of internet anonymity.

Maybe you saw a campaign in the wild before we did. Maybe you made a banger post on Instagram. Maybe there’s discourse happening in a corner of the internet we haven’t wandered into yet. 

Send it.

Give us as much information as you have, tell us where you saw it, and include links, screenshots, context, receipts, or supporting evidence when possible. We are specifically looking for under the radar internet happenings.

We can’t promise every tip will make it into Silence, Brand!, but we will take a look

snitches get subscriptions

If your tip is selected and published in an issue of Silence, Brand!, we’ll comp you one week of a paid Silence, Brand! subscription as a thank you for keeping your ear to the internet.

To receive it, make sure to include your name and email address with your submission.

Now tell us what you know. 👀