It’s ok. I unwillingly got dragged in this BS, might as well go with it.
The BS is the mean cool kids attacking you for having lunch with someone. They even made video where they threaten your business mentioning how your sales would be down when people found out you associated with a lowlife like me. Those are threats how do you think potential customers were going to find out because the people making the videos planned to tell them. Friends don't threaten your livelihood or promote other people's video's that make those threats they don' attack you for getting lunch with other people.
No one tried to manipulate you no one wanted a anything from you other than lunch and a new friend. I didn't pull you into anything. I just said you were cool and thanked you for a t shirt. I may not even ever do another contest again my next step is orthopedic surgery.
Watch the video these are threats. But I feel like the dork in high school when the cool kids see another kid eating lunch with me then bully them into denying they know me it does hurt my feelings. You shouldn't have to distance yourself from a new friend because of online bullies.