@Dutchess_III “But there is no way for the tv stations to know how many people have tuned it at any one time.”
I wasn’t the one who brought up ratings. I was just commenting on whether not paying attention to Trump counted as a boycott. I think it does, even if it’s not a traditional boycott. However, television stations do track how many people are watching their shows, even if they can’t always get exact numbers. And while third-party tracking has been complicated in the digital age, it’s almost certainly a boon to anyone running a digital platform since they can easily track how many unique visitors any given program gets.
Your link on this issue does not work, but it’s not illegal to track how many unique hits you get and from where. I guarantee you that Fluther does it.
“I got to ‘Bank of America, because it freezes the accounts of people that they think are not US citizens’ on your list, and now I call BS.”
It’s not my list. I am not associated with #GrabYourWallet, nor do I support a broad boycott like the one they are attempting to facilitate. Nevertheless, it seemed relevant to the question. Furthermore, I quite clearly mentioned that the site is not fully up to date, and that you might have to do your own research. And finally, that Snopes article doesn’t prove what you seem to think it proves. It confirms that Bank of America did freeze Collins’ account and that they did freeze it because he failed to answer a question about his citizenship. The only thing it debunks is that BoA demanded physical proof of citizenship. And besides, Collins is not the only one this has happened to (note that this article post-dates the supposed Snopes debunking, discusses more than just the Collins case, and brings up the context that makes people more sensitive to this kind of behavior than they otherwise might be). So while BoA might not deserve to be on the list, I don’t think that Snopes article proves it.