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I appreciate you actually naming the scumbags. It's tiresome how people are overly diplomatic these days.
by coupdejarnac 6y ago
I appreciate you actually naming the scumbags. It's tiresome how people are overly diplomatic these days.
- pjc50 6y agoCareful, you'll be accused of "cancel culture"!
- OneGuy123 6y agoCancel culture is when you get canceled about having a different opinion, it has nothing to do with shady business practices.
- pessimizer 6y agoWhat if you're a business with a different opinion about what constitutes shady business practices? edit: e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25322456 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25322456
- tertius 6y agoThe law should remove much of your opinion. What remains is as your say.
- starfallg 6y agoThe phrase "cancel culture" is such meaningless drivel. There are many valid reasons why we don't want to give a platform to certain people because of what they did in the past.
- dmos62 6y ago"This company is ripping me off, but I'll protect its identity because I feel like I owe it something" is plain misguided and a huge disfavor to other participants in the market.
- rexreed 6y agoPeople are afraid of libel / slander lawsuits, and this drives any sort of hesitation on public naming and shaming.
- ohashi 6y agoAlec Mwali is a shady affiliate manager who has tried to get me to post fake reviews for companies he represented in the past. Not surprised to see his name show up in a post about shady affiliate business. (Documented my experience with him here: https://reviewsignal.com/blog/2016/04/22/dirty-slimy-shady-secrets-of-the-web-hosting-review-underworld-episode-1/ https://reviewsignal.com/blog/2016/04/22/dirty-slimy-shady-s...)