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PayPal Honey extension has again "featured" flag in Chrome web store

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324 points dvh | 2 comments | 08 Mar 25 06:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.049s | source
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jahsome ◴[08 Mar 25 08:26 UTC] No.43298548[source]▶
I absolutely love how fired up the average YouTube commenter was about Honey... for about 72 hours. People completely unaffected in any way were demanding class action lawsuits, etc with seemingly no clue why they were even upset. Then the subject completely left their minds.

This observation is of course entirely anecdotal, but manufactured outrage is so fascinating, even if it currently eroding the very foundations of society.

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1. flessner ◴[08 Mar 25 08:49 UTC] No.43298640[source]▶
It's just the social media process - find drama, blow it up to a ridiculous scale, profit.

In this particular case the creators were also harmed the most - the users didn't strictly get the "best" deals with Honey, but something is still better than nothing.

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2. error_logic ◴[08 Mar 25 12:18 UTC] No.43299621[source]▶
Harm to the creators is eventual harm to the users if it results in some of the creators they enjoyed watching no longer being sustainable.