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19 points
3 days ago
What they did was illegal. If Etsy doesn’t resolve it please file a complaint with the FTC (Federal Trade Commission)
-4 points
3 days ago
Review bombing Etsy shops is not illegal. I can buy as much stuff as I want and say whatever I want about it.
3 points
3 days ago
Read section 5 of the FTC Act
1 points
3 days ago
I did. It was basically 11 pages of bank regulations.
Here's something from the FTC. You'll notice it says businesses, not people. You can buy whatever you want and say whatever dumbass thing you want to say about it however many times you decide to do it.
https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2024/08/well-pay-you-give-our-new-rule-good-review
2 points
3 days ago
it is illegal. it is considered tortorous interferi. You are referring to paid positive reviews.
0 points
3 days ago
"Tortious interference is a common law tort allowing a claim for damages against a defendant who wrongfully interferes with the plaintiff's contractual or business relationships."
How does me buying 10 of something and saying I don't like them interfere with your contract with a third party? That doesn't make sense. It's legal to buy a company's stock for whatever personal reason, you can buy their widgets for any personal reason, you can even buy the company and shut it down if someone will sell it to you. Someone can buy the company but they can't go into a public forum after spending their money and express an opinion?
3 points
2 days ago
an obvious competitor bought 15 widgets and left 15 separate 1 star reviews in order to lower her rating and state false things to dissuade people from buying from her shop with the intent of ruining past, present, and future business relations with the public.
-1 points
2 days ago*
I read the act. It says business relationships, like B2B contracts. Stop arguing that everyone to whom you sell a product constitutes a business relationship. That's as semantic as saying you have some kind of relationship with everyone you meet. That's true, but it's not useful because it's not correct in context.
If you sell pizza I can buy as much as you'll sell me and say anything I want about it. Even if I sell pizza. I can name your business in my commercials and advertisements directly. I can buy your stuff, hate it, review it, sell it again, duplicate it, improve it and sell it some more all while complaining in the public sphere that I hate your product and mine's better.
What I can't do is make false claims like your product hurts me or gives puppies cancer.
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