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FYI, companies are typically getting alerts/reports of mentions on the web on various subjects of interest to them.

While they may just be focusing on trends/aggregate info, they often sample messages too.

This has been going on for at least 20 years (probably more, I just wasn't aware until then). It's not mainly interns, it's the web crawlers that are constantly indexing the internet.

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Thanks jmull, this was my belief!

Taylor Farms management has gotta learn the outcome of the Chicago Tylenol Murders like they should’ve learned in high school or college. Same for all TF competitors. Business ethics ain’t easy, they’re important.




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