> When asked to confirm that the change was made based on “guest feedback” and not the article, the representative for Six Flags responded, “That’s correct.”

I don't know why people even bother with this kind of question. Companies will straight up lie to you even if you know they're doing it and just brazen it out if you call them on it.

Maybe the article indeed didn't drive the change (and I could believe it, it's probably not a major cost to have that one guy doing it), or maybe it did, or maybe they're weaseling out because it wasn't that exact article. But, the time when I would believe a single word of something like this is firmly in the past.

When did journalists stop having the sack to be able to put the heat back on them for an obvious lie? Maybe gumshoes just never existed to begin with.

Serious inquiry stopped when revoking access became the standard response to asking hard questions. When such tactics make it impossible to do your job, you stop using those tactics.

Guess we can't really blame them.

I'm sure this won't have come as a surprise to anyone once it went viral

It's always the few that ruin it for the many.

Personally there is no way I would have made this public knowledge if I were in his shoes.

Like the free Netflix thing. Only a matter of time before they figure it out.

This is why you need to think before your disclose. If you know a cool trick, instead of telling everyone, consider the possibility that people rely on said trick and to disclose it would spoil it for them.