On the HYBE employee board on Blind, an online community where only employees can post using their company email, posts related to these suspicions have been published.
One employee expressed concern, stating, "I heard they're now using online PR companies to manipulate public opinion. Suddenly, all sorts of company posts, especially those regarding remarks that CEO Min Heejin has previously made, are popping up. Are they manipulating public opinion? They say the online PR company specializes in public opinion manipulation. Is this really happening to us? Unless you're in the same industry, it's easy to believe everything. It's unfair."
In response, other employees commented, "Over the weekend, there were so many biased posts undermining HYBE on Blind that it was absurd. Thanks to them, the manipulation of public opinion seems to be successful, but it's terrible."
Another employee mentioned, "During the company audit, there was a conversation log from April about 'preparing for May's public opinion battle,' and it seems like they're now executing what was already prepared. They also claim that the law firm Sejong, which CEO Min Heejin is currently associated with, is skilled in public opinion warfare."
On the contrary, there is a counter-argument suggesting that HYBE initiated the public opinion battle before CEO Min Heejin's press conference. It is known that these suspicions are also included in the ongoing audit by HYBE.
-Is it possible that those employees think HYBE is working on manipulating public opinion because that's what they're always ordered to do?
-I didn't know I was an employee of an online PR company, wow
-Do those employees have time to post on communities like this now?ㅋㅋㅋ
-Yeah, HYBE posted hundreds of articles criticizing Min Hee-jin for three days straight, so shut up.
-These employees seem to don't do any work at all and spend their whole day scrolling online communities instead
-Hmm... Even if it was Min Hee-jin who did it... who started it first?
-What are you talking about? Stop wasting your time and get to work.
-Seems like they think everyone does it just because they do it themselves.
-Because they do it themselves, they probably think others do too. Stop going on online communities and do some work.
-When the public opinion favors them, it's justified. But when it favors someone else, it's manipulation done by the company?ㅋㅋㅋ
-I'm curious about how those public opinion manipulation works, but if Min Heejin can do it, then any company can.
-Hey, if you're going to pay, I'd love to leave a commentㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Am I doing unpaid labor?
