"Wanna take this down?"

Y’all, I closed on a new house (!) the day this silly little post dropped, and I’ve been go-go-going since then. BUT this kind of petty ~beef~ is my bread & butter, so here it is 1 week later….

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Last week, the CEO of Common Room accused Clay of blocking them from sponsoring an event.

“We were the only vendor they targeted,” she claimed, before laying out all the reasons why the folks at Clay ostensibly feel threatened by Common Room’s product.

It was a nice bit of positioning & messaging with a salt bae sprinkle of engagement/rage bait, until…

The CEO of Go Nimbly called BS in the comments.

So the CEO of Common Room apologized and “edited” the post. But, dear reader, the edited post is the one I shared the screenshot of. Do YOU see a different interpretation than “Clay screwed over Common Room and we’re being targeted because they’re jealous :(“

Oh well! At least you succeeded in (checks notes) tarnishing your reputation!

Full disclosure, I do not know this CEO personally, and I’ve never met her. Buuuut I did once work at one of their competitors, and I’ve seen them do this stirring the pot thing before. It’s not a cute look!

As a comms professional, I’d recommend tightening up the PR. But as a gossip lover…keep it up, girly!

As always,

ALLEGEDLY 💋

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Hey, I’m Amber! I’m a freelance content marketer/consultant and aspiring humorist. You can find me on LinkedIn, Medium, Bluesky, and my website. If you really like what I’m doing, you can buy me a coffee.