I think we have a great opportunity here boys. Now, we all hate buzzfeed and its employees equally and personally don't have much investment in this fight. However, taking the side of the employees has some distinct advantages:
1) The optics for buzzfeed are terrible. They will actually look completely retarded to everyone left and right, and the left will almost certainly pile on unironically. It is a labor dispute after all. It also has the potential to spread the shittiness of the media and especially buzzfeed to people who still have their head in the sand somehow.
2) Buzzfeed is already hurting financially. This is why the layoffs occurred. They aren't paying because they don't have the money presumably. If we could convince these ex-employees to sue it might just be enough to close buzzfeed down or at least file for bankruptcy. What A Victory that would be.
Can we meme this into existence? Please say you will help me try.
#SueBuzzfeed
#BuzzfeedMustPay
#BuzzfeedLayoffs
There are some hashtag suggestions, but maybe you guys have a better idea.