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This person steals content from others. They don't add anything. They didn't create a website either - they're just scraping content to steal. And they steal that content for actual financial benefit of free food rather so it isn't innocent.

This is totally scummy.

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I won't argue the "steal content" component. Indeed it's unsavory, though I guess I'm desensitized because that's what 70% of social media and reddit is these days.

In the context of this discussion, though, I think the "website" analogy fits just fine.

We say that but people who follow the account or like his posts must have found some value.

That value is stolen from the original source so he can proposition restaurants for financial benefit.

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