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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. tremarley ◴[08 Mar 25 12:42 UTC] No.43299776[source]▶

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Agreed. The outrage was larger than I expected it to be.

The Honey business model was the same as every other coupon website that has launched over the last two decades.

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Before the media outrage how did people assume they made money?

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