Paul Gillin

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Attack of the Customers: The Pampers Dry Max Crisis

Paul Gillin

In March, 2010, Procter & Gamble announced the most significant technical advance in disposable diapers in a quarter century. By the time of the early 2010 rollout, more than 2 billion unbranded Dry Max diapers had already been sold “without issue,” Fox said. In February, 2010, a visitor began a campaign called “Flood the CPSC!”

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How Twitter Amplifies a Customer Attack

Paul Gillin

Twitter was the vehicle director Kevin Smith used in February, 2010 to express outrage about being denied seating on a Southwest Airlines flight because airline personnel claimed the 300-plus-pound Smith wouldn’t fit in a single seat. Smith tweeted his attacks for days and continued the criticism on his podcast.

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