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Kiwibank is desperately trying to stop people saying they want to fuck its sheep mascot (thespinoff.co.nz)
submitted 4 days ago by Ilovethebomb to c/newzealand
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Though The Spinoff hasn’t viewed them, it understands some were quite pornographic.

Sure you haven't.

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[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Still, as is often the case with lust, the feeling petered out naturally. Likes stopped pouring in for Buck. The eruption of passion may have fizzled completely if it wasn’t for the events of September 16, when Kiwibank started sending out floods of legal notices aimed at scrubbing any images of Buck that were connected to a sexual thought, feeling or sentiment from the internet.

It's 2026, how do some people still not understand the Streisand Effect?

DMCA this, buddies.

[-] diverging@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago

They got a bunch of people to watch their ads by doing this. What makes you think they don't understand it?

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

Any other business, I might think so. But they're a bank, and right now they're a laughingstock. This is not something banks generally want.

[-] aim_at_me 2 points 3 days ago

Are they though? Are people actually thinking less of KB to the point of leaving because of this?

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

I didn't claim that. Financial companies as a rule tend to take their public image very seriously, though I have no idea whether it actually matters.

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