My Bali trip has me rethinking influencer apologies

We visited a beach club where a big influencer faced backlash last year. The staff still shared stories about it, which was SO revealing. It got me debating with friends if call-out culture does more harm than good. Traveling really opens your eyes to these global conversations.

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lucasscott1mo ago

That staff perspective is key because they actually lived the fallout, not just watched it online. Do you think lasting local impact gets lost in quick online outrage cycles?

jamie_thompson1mo ago

But is it really lost, or do people just stop paying attention? I mean the lasting local stuff is still there, it's just not exciting anymore once the online talk moves on. The outrage cycle feels fast because we get bored, not because the problems are fixed. So maybe the impact doesn't get lost, it just gets ignored once it's not trending.

lisa7491mo ago

That part about lasting local impact getting lost is so true. I saw it with this cafe near me that got torn apart online for a dumb reason. The tweet went viral for like a week and the owner was devastated. Then the internet just moved on to the next thing. But the cafe lost a bunch of its regulars and almost shut down. People online don't see that part, they just drop their angry comment and leave. It's really messed up.