Tried the apology letter approach for a canceled influencer I used to follow

I wrote a genuine apology for someone who got called out last year and posted it on their IG live chat, and three other people actually agreed with me. Has anyone else seen an apology actually turn the tide on a cancellation?

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mark_thomas29d ago

Nine times out of ten those public apologies just feel like damage control written by a PR team. Did yours feel like they actually meant what they said or was it more of a checkbox thing?

eric_murray2629d ago

Keep it short and personal. The moment you start explaining yourself too much you lose people. A simple "I messed up" goes further than a long paragraph most folks won't read.

miles94615d ago

Start noticing how people handle small screw ups in real life too. The coworker who spills coffee and talks for two minutes about the lid being defective instead of just saying "my bad" and grabbing paper towels. The guy who cuts you off in traffic and then throws his hands up like it's your fault. Same exact thing applies here. When someone can't admit a simple mistake without dragging excuses into it, you know they've already lost the plot. That's why Eric's advice works. It forces you to sit in the discomfort of being wrong without trying to weasel out of it.