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What are some companies that deserve to be boycotted to death? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by erik111189@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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So far my list includes Comcast, EA, and Nestle. Tell me yours, and I'll help out.

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[-] Mesophar@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago

I think what you're getting at is that the publicity generated by flashy boycott activism only generates free advertising for the companies. Which it certainly can! But that's also dependent on what is being boycotted and the social and political beliefs behind it. If one group boycotts a product because the company is homophobic, another group buys more of that product because they agree with the company. That sort of thing.

But it isn't as two dimensional as "boycotting has the opposite effect". Here are some examples of effective boycotting. Though you did get me interested in how effective boycotting really is, but I couldn't find any efficacy studies that weren't behind a paywall...

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

If you need papers, try sci hub

[-] Kena@lemm.ee -1 points 11 months ago

Wow, thank you for the actually measured response. I'll have a look at the link you posted!

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