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Comment by Imnimo | Hacker News Reader

I would definitely be less likely to buy food/drink from a place with AI ads (because I don't trust that what they're advertising would correspond to what they're selling), but I can't imagine threatening someone over it.

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im like you, simply out of apathy. but i immediately thought, "if were the coffee shop owner, would i rather experience a silent decline in business or face public outrage but have an opportunity for redemption?"

ive been called enough mean names by friends and strangers id much rather be called some more mean names in order to become aware of what i could do to win back some customers

I guess you don't realize that half of the stuff you're seeing is already AI. What you probably mean is low quality unreviewed stuff.

I would once again like to point out that the "threat" mentioned in the article is someone saying they'll talk about what the shop owner did with their friends.

"post about it in a local artist community" is not exactly "talk about it with their friends."

It's bullying.

It's informing people that there is something a business is doing that they might not approve of and they might want to change their behaviour accordingly.

In the same way that sealioning is just a debate strategy.

Imagine if it said "post about it on Hacker News". That's not bullying

And if the shop owner is Jewish, it would be anti-semitism:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws

I consider a boycott threat a non-violent threat; legal but an exercise of power that has moral dimensions.

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