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The Twitter Mob aren't customers or fans. They are a vocal minority of perpetually outraged busybodies that just want to control everything.



Well in the case I am referencing specifically the people involved wrote a very detailed rationale for their reaction and specifically noted their choice was not due to appease a mob (https://www.reddit.com/r/NightInTheWoods/comments/cxqjp8/end...)

But in a general sense I don't see why you assume that the "mob" are not customers or fans. How does "cancel culture" even work if the actual customers and fans maintain the same level of sales? What is the mechanism by which public pressure causes a "mob" to exert control over a company's decisions?




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