• stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    Note that this is a “contributor” post, which is essentially their sneaky wording for editorial. It isn’t a real Forbes article and anyone that knows the Forbes website won’t pay any attention to the article.

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      9 months ago

      Very important distinction! Even I’ve written “contributor” posts on behalf is a company when I was moon lighting for a block chain startup. They’re not quite ads, but you very much can buy your way into that.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah, too often Forbes will publish any old trash.

      But it’s hard to argue with maths.

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      9 months ago

      Good catch - I didn’t pay attention to the fact that it’s a contributor post. Even then, I believe it to be still exposing the “Reddit is junk stock” (implied: “don’t buy it!”) discourse to potential investors. The title alone already does it, for those who skip past the article.