Ask HN: Where to warn people of a legal-but-evil online business ploy?
I don't think just posting it on HN would work. (It's a ploy like digging a hole beside their path,then hindering their travel to "nudge" them to step off it where they might not recognize the hazard.)
You can make a Tell HN post if it affects the HN crowd. And you can potentially make a page on the Consumer Rights Wiki.[1]
[1] https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Consumer_Rights_Wiki:Write_you...!
Also, where is today's Usenet?
https://www.newshosting.com/usenet/is-usenet-dead/
what category of "evil online business ploy" do you have in mind? I see dozens of them daily with even brief, casual browsing. Also known as "monetization" ;-)
But it's not just online that I find these ploys. In fact, thanks to donating to the wrong non-profit, it's frightfully simple to end up with a stack of snail mail in the mailbox daily, often with free gifts to entice donations. I can't seem to find a simple, free way to turn it off.
I can't seem to find a simple, free way to turn it off.
Never use your real name and address.
But of course, it's too late after making a donation and thus self identifying as a willing and able rube.
No good deed goes unpunished.