https://twitter.com/dbrand/status/1778136614788600226
Well that escalated quickly.
— dbrand (@dbrand) April 10, 2024
1. Yes - we made fun of a guy's name. It was a huge fumble.
2. We apologized to him directly and offered him $10,000 as a gesture of goodwill.
3. We've been poking fun at customers on social media for over a decade now. We're not going to stop, but…
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If your gimmick is being a peepeewad on the internet for ragebait, that's fine. But it seldom works in the long-term when your business depends on sales.
You gotta stick to your guns in situations like this, because once you back down your entire shtick is over and done.
Also, MKBHD is refusing to work with them until they delete the original tweet https://twitter.com/MKBHD/status/1778287849818685709
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mah tech neighbor
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lol his name is brownlee and he's black.
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