Best Buy is certainly one company that does not 'get' social media marketing and pr.
This is an example of stupidity at the reins of corporate America. Or call it Tyranny alive and well in America.
Apple / ATT is a big, huge customer for Best Buy. Apparently so big that if you work for Best Buy and post anything negative about APPle or ATT on your own time - even if you don't mention Best Buy or that you work for Best Buy - you could still lose your job.
It did for one person who made an awesomely humorous text-to-speech youtube video about iPhone buyers who buy it because it's an iphone and for no other reason, when there are phones out there that are just as good if not better.
In the video there's no mention at all of Best Buy, the store mentioned is called 'Phone Mart'. There's literally nothing about the video that could be linked back to Best Buy, yet the corporate execs at Best Buy somehow got wind that a Best Buy employee created the video.
Then they fired him, and now the video has gone viral based on the publicity and news-worthiness of Best Buy making the wrong decision. Frankly I hope that he sues the ass off of Best Buy, or at least starts a serious of humorous videos mocking Best Buy and apple. I'm sure that this guy as talented as he is could go on to make many more videos and find a way to monetize his videos.
Especially after getting one video with a couple million hits.
Attn: Best Buy! Good job. If Apple didn't know that a Best Buy employee created this video, they sure do now - and a lot more people are going to know about what you did to try and take away someone's right to free speech.
The video is below - warning it may not be safe for work. Some foul language and F-bombs.
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