NotAnotherLemmyUser
@NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world
- Comment on Did TikTok tell you to buy luxury goods straight from China? Experts say proceed with caution as videos contain hallmarks of online propaganda 1 day ago:
Sounds more like scams trying to pass fake knock-offs as the real thing.
- Comment on Lemmy.world is blocked in UAE and you don't allow using VPN/Tor to post. what is the solution here? 2 weeks ago:
Lemmy.world takes the official stance of blocking VPNs:
- Comment on Honey has now lost 4 million Chrome users after shady tactics were revealed 3 weeks ago:
I was just about to edit my post because I just got done with watching the video. I’ll just give you an overview of what he talked about. It was a 13min video.
It does sound like legal action has already been taken against Jono (MegaLag) in some way since he mentioned that he can’t talk about everything, “There are just some things that I can’t share with you right now”, but that could also just be because he’s still tracking down additional information and doesn’t want any companies to try to cover their tracks while he’s following a lead.
He started off the video by recounting his experience from when he first dropped the video, to the next day when he woke up to notifications from a lot of family, friends, and dms from influencers. He ended up working through Christmas with everything going on.
Ryan Hudson, the founder of Honey, dm’d Jono (MegaLag) on Twitter. He only showed a few screenshots of this conversation (not the whole thing) and mentioned that, by the end of it, Ryan Hudson insinuated that he would be suing Jono.
Ryan also made a Reddit post trying to disparage his investigation: web.archive.org/…/im_ryan_hudson_the_cofounder_of…
He mentioned that there are now 60 class action lawsuits (that expand beyond Honey) which includes people suing Capital One, Klarna, Microsoft, PayPal and RetailMeNot (he was only able to look into about 30 of them).
He mentioned that Google has updated their Affiliate Ads Policy in response to everything. He covers this in more detail on Twitter: xcancel.com/…/1899611189107147223
MegaLag reached out to the FTC asking them to clarify whether Affiliate Marketing disclosures is required for browser extensions. They gave him the run around for a few weeks and eventually replied, “Nothing to say on this one. Sorry.”
MegaLag finished the video talking about how he developed a new browser extension which helps detect Cookie Stuffing (whenever a webpage attempts to drop an affiliate cookie when you wouldn’t expect it). He’s using it now for more investigations. It’s not out yet, but he’s looking to eventually make it public for everyone.
- Comment on Honey has now lost 4 million Chrome users after shady tactics were revealed 3 weeks ago:
Looks like they had already lost 4 million users within 2 weeks of MegaLag’s video.
Are we saying that the numbers haven’t moved since then? Is this article sourcing their information from a few months ago, or maybe just looking at different metrics to come up with that number?
It’s also worth pointing out that MegaLag mentioned that there’s a Part 2 to the original video, but it hasn’t been posted yet even thought it was supposed to come out early January.
I’m assuming PayPal didn’t like what he was doing and sent some lawyers his way:
- Comment on Tipping: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver [24:54] 1 month ago:
This wasn’t touched on in the video, but another bad side to making sub minimum wage is when the restaurant has the servers do “side work” at the end of the night before they can go home.
Basically it’s “Free labor” for the restaurant, because you’re still going to get a 0$-$2 paycheck at the end of the pay period.
This work is done after all your tables have gone, and typically involves things like pulling up the seat cushions and cleaning underneath, rolling/folding up napkins, filling up salt/pepper shakers, collecting all of the condiments off the tables, etc.
One restaurant in particular even had us doing some kitchen prep work (in addition to the side work listed above) like dumping whatever was left in the ketchup bottles into a larger container for sauces, stripping herbs off their stems, etc.
Usually this took about 20-30 min, but you couldn’t go until it was done and someone had to sign off on it, or else they would pick up the slack if someone else didn’t do everything.
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- Comment on This man is about to be executed. He's innocent. 8 months ago:
The sad thing is, his case is not unique. Way too many people are convicted for crimes in the same way where some “cell mate” has heard the other person confess to crimes, and then the “informant” gets rewarded.
We seriously need to change how things are done especially in cases where the only evidence is from incentivized informant testimony.
If the Missouri governor won’t pardon him, shouldn’t Biden be able to pardon him? Hopefully enough noise is made that he takes notice.
Unfortunately we’ve all seen this play out before where someone who can prove they are innocent is still executed.
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- Comment on I Worked For MrBeast, He's A Sociopath 8 months ago:
I’ve got to say, I’m disappointed in Lemmy for the amount of upvotes you’re receiving for a comment as sickening as this.
Killing someone just for revenge should never be the answer. That’s the kind of tactic that makes dictators and fascists what they are. The desire to watch something like that is even more alarming.
- Comment on LegalEagle - MrBeast: Illegal Rigging, Lotteries, & NDAs? 8 months ago:
Always great to have an actual lawyer weigh in on something like this.
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- Comment on Fake escalator (no stairs behind the couch) 9 months ago:
Hold up… there is a staircase going upstairs behind the couch!
- Comment on Shark saved the turtle’s life 😱 #impossible - YouTube 10 months ago:
Yeah, that shark was definitely trying to eat that turtle…
Anyway, the top comment from YouTube is useful:
They put two different clips together. The original is that the turtle was saved from being eaten by the tiger shark, and then after they released the turtle miles away from the shark, the turtle swam down, grabbed a jellyfish or something to eat, and brought it back up to try and “share” his snack with his rescuer. It was adorable. And they showed the entire thing from start to finish in that one, showing it was the same turtle, and the same man right after the rescue.
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- Comment on [deleted] 10 months ago:
You saw what happened to some of the witnesses that were on our side, they were literally crucified by this man who looks like an angel but he’s really a devil.
“Literally”… You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
- Comment on Man Sues Dealership After Loaner Car Gets Reported as Stolen 11 months ago:
It was bad enough when Hertz was reporting tons of active rental cars as stolen and getting over 100 people arrested: inc.com/…/hertz-lawsuit-arrests-number-unsealed.h…
Now we have to worry about Dealership loaners as well?!
Dispatchers should take note and start asking callers if the car is a rental/loaner… or in the case of Hertz, just ignoring their automated software reports entirely.