Honestly, I think this is the only place I might have run into it. I do follow We Rate Dogs on Instagram, and I’m pretty diligent about reading what interests me in the daily NYT, but I don’t remember it being mentioned in either of them.
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Well, she elected to spend some of the money that came her way during her fifteen minutes, now apparently extending to twenty, exactly where this money came from remains unclear, she elected to spend some of it buying quite a quantity of supplies for an animal shelter at a Petco or something similar, so there is a possibility that she would have been mentioned in a dog-related group, although in such a reference the initial reason for her notoriety might not have been made abundantly clear, I’m not sure how ribald the dog rating crowd allows itself to get.
Pop culture has moved on from YouTube and largely lives on TikTok now. At least, that’s what my kids tell me.
The fact that the geniuses behind the scam didn’t call it Spitcoin is evidence that it was never thought through beyond the simple grift.
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The We Rate Dogs crowd is about as wholesome as it gets, and is also a great charity if you’re in to donating to help senior/shelter dogs.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen mention of the aforementioned spitter there.
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It’s also very amusing.
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$pitcoin
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As a rule, I avoid products offered by YouTubers and other influencers. I tried a couple way back when, and they were terrible. Many have been unmasked as being scammy in some fashion - BetterHelp pushing unqualified therapists and selling customers medical information being one of the more egregious.
And now there’s Honey. If you have it, delete it.
Short version: it colludes with sellers to limit your access to otherwise available discounts and it steals commissions by weaponizing the “last click” principle, even when it hasn’t offered or even tried to offer a discount.
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