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A coffee shop owner used AI to make a menu poster. Then came the angry DMs

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  1. tolerance · · focus · HN ↗
    > Then came a threat. An account with a much larger following DM'd her and told her to take down the sign, or they would post about it to their local artist community. The person offered to help her find an artist to pay to make a new sign, or else they would post about it.

    > They gave her a day to "think about it."

    When this is sort of behavior that the "good guys" advance then it's hard not to expect a "bad guy" with money to show up on the scene and thwart it.

    1. ratelimitsteve · · focus · HN ↗
      why is talking about this with their community a threat?
      1. gitaarik · · focus · HN ↗
        Sharing it with the community could have negative impact on her business. So they were threatening her business success by sharing the info in a certain form with the community.
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