re: Who’s the first artist under 45 to pull their music from Spotify?

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your bastardized definition of a term

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Wiki:

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Cancel culture or call-out culture is a modern form of ostracism in which someone is thrust out of social or professional circles – whether it be online, on social media, or in person. Those subject to this ostracism are said to have been "cancelled"

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The notion of cancel culture is a variant on the term call-out culture and constitutes a form of boycotting or shunning involving an individual (often a celebrity) who is deemed to have acted or spoken in an unacceptable manner

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Some public figures claim to have been "cancelled" while continuing their careers as before

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Cambridge Dictionary:

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a way of behaving in a society or group, especially on social media, in which it is common to completely reject and stop supporting someone because they have said or done something that offends you

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Dictionary.com:

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Cancel culture refers to the popular practice of withdrawing support for (canceling) public figures and companies after they have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive. Cancel culture is generally discussed as being performed on social media in the form of group shaming

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Just so you know that you aren't arguing against me, but rather against the commonly accepted definition of the term. I agree that it has been bastardized, but I didn't do it.

This thread calling out musicians pulling out of Spotify fits the definition exactly. My only question is what is your threshold for the number of participants for it to "count"?