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Website ideia: companies and their vices (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by Nuvalon@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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i had an idea, what if there was a website that showed companies that are know to be corrupt or engaged in unethical pratices. this could be a hub to easily show people companies they should not support and why.

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[–] amzd@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Generally these kind of websites turn into companies that take hush money to delete bad reviews, eg glassdoor/yelp

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

All of them?

[–] original_reader@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Reopen The Consumerist.

They famously gave EA the "Worst Company of the Year" award, complete with a golden poo. Although that was subjective (there's definitely worse companies), it had an impact.

[–] Goun@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's buycott, might be similar

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There was buycott. I dont think it's been developed for 10 years now.

[–] Goun@lemmy.ml 1 points 21 hours ago

Damn, TIL, thanks!

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So, name and shame kind of site?

[–] Nuvalon@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

i guess so, but the point in not to shame, it is so consumers can make informed decisions when chosing a company to support.