L3ft_F13ld!@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agoIntroducing the Consumer Protection Database: Expose exploitation & hold companies accountable!youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1179arrow-down1external-linkIntroducing the Consumer Protection Database: Expose exploitation & hold companies accountable!youtu.beL3ft_F13ld!@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
Louis Rossmann is making a wiki to help people hold companies accountable for anti-consumer behavior.
minus-squarePutItOutWithYourBootsTed@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·7 hours agoI think they call this the Better Business Bureau. But I definitely would not put all stock in BBB as a single source for this information.
minus-squarehansolo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·7 hours agoIn theory, but in practice the BBB is usually a pay-to-play sort of racket where as long as a member doesn’t have active litigation happening, you can likely swing an A+ rating and still be a terrible company. It’s business oriented, not consumer.
minus-squareL3ft_F13ld!@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoI have no idea really. I just wanted to get the word out. The more people that know about this and help, the better it will become.
I think they call this the Better Business Bureau. But I definitely would not put all stock in BBB as a single source for this information.
In theory, but in practice the BBB is usually a pay-to-play sort of racket where as long as a member doesn’t have active litigation happening, you can likely swing an A+ rating and still be a terrible company. It’s business oriented, not consumer.
I have no idea really. I just wanted to get the word out. The more people that know about this and help, the better it will become.