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People were disgusted, sales tanked, stock tanked.
This was only one of a series of bone headed, tone def, racist, and ignorant statements by the CEO. The guy just couldn't shut up.
John Schnatter was removed as CEO.
Many customers never returned.
We got in touch with Lushsweet, and the Redditor mentioned that they got the idea for the post when Wendy's was facing significant backlash over announcing their surge pricing.
"I just thought this definitely hasn't been the first time that a company made an announcement and tried to backtrack on some new policy/product/etc.," they told Bored Panda.
"Another that came to mind was when IHOP announced that instead of sticking with what has made them well-known for years, they were transitioning into burgers. It backfired so badly that we haven't heard about an IHOP burger since. And clearly, there have been many more examples of this, as seen in the post, and it was all really interesting to read about."
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However, while some people see these as calls for accountability, others view them as censorship and punishment. We've always challenged each other's views throughout history, but the internet—especially social media—has changed how, when, and where these interactions happen. Now, a huge number of people can go online and call out others for their behavior or words, and it's easier than ever to rally groups to join in.
"I do feel that social media has definitely empowered people to speak up more," Lushsweet said. "News can spread like wildfire now... [and] a tweet can make or break a company, person, or idea. All it takes is one viral tweet, reel, or TikTok for everyone to get the message and for [explosive discourse] to follow."
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Hill's Department stores was a regional chain of variety stores (like Walmart). They had a store in the area which flooded. So, what do with all of the store's water-damaged stock? They decided to put it all on trucks, ship it to Lexington, and hold a tent sale to get rid of it. They ran ads announcing the sale, saying "our loss is your gain".
Well, the public told them pretty quickly what they _should_ have done with the damaged stock. Pretty quickly they cancelled the sale, shipped everything back to Harlan, and donated it to the relief effort.
The Pew Research Center found that 58% of U.S. adults say calling out others on social media is more likely to hold people accountable, while 38% say it is more likely to punish people who don’t deserve it.
One in five Americans who see this type of behavior as a form of accountability point to reasons that relate to how helpful calling out others can be. For instance, some explained in an open-ended question that they associate this behavior with moving toward a better society or educating others on their mistakes so they can do better in the future.
However, a third (35%) of those who see calling out other people on social media as a form of unjust punishment cite reasons that relate to people who call out others being rash or judgmental. Some of these Americans see this kind of behavior as overreacting or unnecessarily lashing out at others without considering the context or intentions of the original poster. Others emphasize that what is considered offensive can be subjective.
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In the UK the government tried to introduce higher taxes on hot food from bakeries like sausage rolls, Cornish pasties etc. and the country basically rioted until the govt u-turned.
There were protests outside downing street and smear campaigns against food companies seen to be complicit. It was a wild time but quite a proud moment for the country when it was reversed.
Imagine what we could do if we cared this much about other issues!
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People hated this. As a result, Apple created a webpage dedicated to deleting the album from people's accounts.
But in the end, Lushsweet believes that it's all for the greater good. "The internet is basically made up of people. It's the people posting, creating, interacting, and reacting that make it what it is. I'd rather have the internet available for us to gather information, gain knowledge, and have conversations than not have it," the author of the viral post explained.
"Of course, there are people who misuse it, and with new technologies like deep fakes and AI, it's becoming harder for some to tell what's real and what's fake. But, just like in society, there are people doing harmful things with the internet, and there are people using it to drive real change."
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Unity is one of two most popular non -proprietary game engines by far, and favored by smaller devs, who could lose all their profits with this arrangement.This alone outraged the entire game dev community, but the week of shifting explanations and rules changed on the fly really put gas on the fire.
Developers began preparing to move away from Unity, the stock price crashed, massive partners like Microsoft appeared blindsided. In the end, Unity had to retract the policy and create a new one where devs could choose between the runtime fee and a tiered percentage cut (the normal way). And the CEO had to step down. And then the company laid off 25% of their employees (although that was likely due to the same overgrowth that caused them to try the runtime fee in the first place). It was a massive disaster for the company and I would say their reputation has not recovered.
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They did not go through with their (terrible) plan.
This incident is usually referred to as the "Real ID Fiasco" among players who were around at the time.
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Users can purchase a Cricut Design Space premium subscription for $10/month which gives them access to a vast library of premade assets such as fonts, shapes, and predesigned projects. Since the software is reliant on .SVG files, and those can't be created within Cricut Design Space, the subscription works well for non-techie casual crafters who don't know how or don't feel like designing and converting their own SVGs in a separate program. If you are savvy enough to make your own SVGs (or if you buy/download them from other sources) you can import them into Cricut Design Space and use them. You just can't create them within Design Space.
A couple years back, Cricut made the announcement that a paid premium subscription would now be required for all users who want to import more than 10 SVG files into Design Space per month. The majority percentage of Cricut users who create projects to make money were the kind of users who created their own SVGs, and depending on complexity, *ONE* project could require 10 uploads. For all but the most casual users, this was basically Cricut forcing them into a subscription that they didn't need.
On top of all this, Design Space is absolute garbage software. It's buggy as hell, it's designed for simplicity over efficiency, certain functions barely work at all, so on. Since you can't use any other software for Cricut machines, there's no real reason for them to bother to make it good. So they don't.
The backlash was so instant, so intense, and so immense that Cricut walked their decision back very quickly. However, the whole thing caused a giant mistrust for the brand in general (which was already known for extremely overpriced accessories and terrible software) and Cricut's reputation has been damaged in the crafting community ever since.
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Two hours later, the city announced that NO, those shops would not be forced to close, that they were deemed essential services.
[https://denverite.com/2021/03/22/looking-back-at-denvers-prohibition-of-2020-a-symbol-of-the-citys-covid-moment/](https://denverite.com/2021/03/22/looking-back-at-denvers-prohibition-of-2020-a-symbol-of-the-citys-covid-moment/).
#19
We crashed their website, pulled Monster from the shelves in a good portion of the state, and Bernie Sanders called them stupid.
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Edit: Acme was the name of the company, this was back in 2001. There's a New York Times article about it.