Cause one of my pet peeves is that every time a strike happens you always see some high-follower-count chucklefuck making a viral post about how we all need to boycott the company, even in cases where the relevant union has actually asked people to continue using their product. It's clout chasing. It's crying wolf. It's deeply irresponsible. But this time the request that nobody visit the Washington Post website today is legit, because it comes from the union itself.
Bottom line: pay attention to reliable sources when it comes to making boycott decisions. Fact check all claims you see in viral posts, especially if those posts contain emotionally loaded, guilt-trippy language. Don't be some influencer's pawn, be a true ally to the unions.
aside: if you want to just add their site to your adblock so it'll get caught if you click a link that sends you there, the syntax is dead simple
!!! washington post boycott, Dec 2023
||washingtonpost.com^
