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Vent: My friend's take on that viral coffee shop 'scandal' in Portland
Was talking to my friend Sam yesterday about that news story where a local cafe got review bombed because they stopped offering oat milk. Sam pointed out the whole thing was started by one influencer's tweet, and the news ran with it for a week before anyone checked if people were actually mad. It made me realize how often a single post gets turned into a 'public outcry' story. Has anyone else seen a news cycle get fueled by basically one person's tweet this month?
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jameswells5mo ago
Check the replies before believing hype, leob58.
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olivia6705mo ago
But that's how trends have always started, with someone popular.
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leob586mo ago
Yeah, it's wild how that works. Makes you wonder how many "trends" are just one person with a big following, right?
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eric_adams115mo ago
I saw a post last week where some guy with 2 million followers said he was bringing back fanny packs. Next day my whole feed was full of them. It's crazy how much power one account can have. Makes you question everything that goes viral now. The whole internet feels like a game of telephone sometimes.
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