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Shō[t]gun
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I miss the days when companies didn’t have social media and rarely made public comments.
That being said, when a company does go out of their way to leverage social media, they know it’s a risk and should be prepared for public backlash when they misstep. Partnering with someone means they intend to take on that person’s followers as well as baggage in hopes of bringing in those customers. The “influencer” culture is repulsive. In the hunting industry they’ve created nothing but more competition and arguing while also attempting to force feed us their merch and 1% different products that they only use because they get kickbacks. Competition causes people to cut corners, and the more time elapses, the more we find out that nearly all the famous hunting personalities are guilty of pulling some disgusting tricks to keep their content rolling in. The only way to fight the douchebaggery is to stop buying what they use to show the industry that their “influence” doesn’t have bearing on what we value, and that supporting their actions will be detrimental to their bottom line. They don’t HAVE to partner with anyone, but who they CHOOSE to partner with absolutely has an impact on my decision to support their business.
That being said, when a company does go out of their way to leverage social media, they know it’s a risk and should be prepared for public backlash when they misstep. Partnering with someone means they intend to take on that person’s followers as well as baggage in hopes of bringing in those customers. The “influencer” culture is repulsive. In the hunting industry they’ve created nothing but more competition and arguing while also attempting to force feed us their merch and 1% different products that they only use because they get kickbacks. Competition causes people to cut corners, and the more time elapses, the more we find out that nearly all the famous hunting personalities are guilty of pulling some disgusting tricks to keep their content rolling in. The only way to fight the douchebaggery is to stop buying what they use to show the industry that their “influence” doesn’t have bearing on what we value, and that supporting their actions will be detrimental to their bottom line. They don’t HAVE to partner with anyone, but who they CHOOSE to partner with absolutely has an impact on my decision to support their business.
