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Funny, it seemed like one of the strongest points. 1. It's visual and memorable. 2. It leaves you wondering what the hell Dorsey and "Cash App Studios" were t
by revelio 4y ago
Funny, it seemed like one of the strongest points.
1. It's visual and memorable.
2. It leaves you wondering what the hell Dorsey and "Cash App Studios" were thinking when they promoted these guys.
3. It strongly bolsters their case that Block were asleep at the wheel with respect to criminal activity, probably intentionally.
We all know that Silicon Valley firms are obsessed with not being racist but didn't anyone there wonder what the guys were rapping about for even a second? Or why they'd name an entire song after the app? That isn't in any way normal behavior for rappers. Surely someone watched it and realized that, um, this isn't actually good PR, these guys are saying they use Cash App to pay for all sorts of criminal activity. Why? If it's once to make a rhyme then it's an artistic choice, if it's >1000 times that can't be a coincidence.
To be so blind to activity so obvious that you're literally boasting about it on stage in front of a bunch of bankers implies a massive breakdown of AML obligations. And that would indeed be short-worthy.
- rchaud 4y agoI'm not sure they really bent over backwards to not be racist considering that of all the possible representations of their customers' use cases, they went with "use our app to move your drug money"