Shares in United Continental Holdings Inc. on Tuesday came off their worst levels, but ended 1.1% lower than expected just as the airline continued to draw flak for having a passenger forcibly dragged off a plane Sunday. Clearly they will recover, but the negative PR is burning in the minds of millions — it can be damaging in other ways.
Take a look at some of the funniest United Airline Jokes I could find.
And to top it off:
Why is it harmful?
Both current users and non-users are being repelled by bad PR. This infographic shows how especially tampering with loyal users can damage PR.
Taking this all into account, bad PR if you don’t already have a monopoly on the market (unlike Pepsi, United, and Uber) can kill startups. Perhaps this is why we see large companies get away with it.
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Natu is a cryptocurrency investor and software engineer who is experienced in building large scale applications. He built Innovator.Supply, an HR recruiting software for VR, AR, and chatbot enthusiasts. This was followed his other service, Hypetroop Market. He has a fitness page on Instagram. Stemming from his time at Queen’s, he was a defensive lineman on the Queen’s Gaels football team. Being a multipotentialite, he finished a business incubator program after graduating, launched his own album on iTunes, and he stays up to date industry-penetrating software startups and crytocurrency investment methods while gaining IT experience.
