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This story is fascinating to me. I also run a couple of these "wordpress" informational type sites, but never in my dream did I thought about publishing fake ne

by vinhboy 10y ago

This story is fascinating to me. I also run a couple of these "wordpress" informational type sites, but never in my dream did I thought about publishing fake news to make money. Too bad I was not smart enough to get into this business. I wish he would be more honest about it. I am pretty sure he's just doing it for the money. I don't blame him. That's good money. The moral and ethical dilemma of it is kinda murky. Is it really his fault people are so stupid?

msane 10y ago
Wow. Thanks for the insight into this psychology. It's all greed with you then isn't it? You'll lie to people and de-educate them for good money. Perhaps you would consider being a slum lord or a pimp or a drug dealer for the right price?
- pakitan 10y ago
  Do you really think it's possible to de-educate any further people who think the moon landing was faked?
  - usrusr 10y ago
    Just as education, de-education is a lifelong process.
    - pakitan 10y ago
      If one lacks education in the first place, they don't have much to de-, do they?
      - msane 10y ago
        I suppose you would watch the world burn.
  - msane 10y ago
    Of course. "Do you really think" it's fine to encourage them further?
- intoverflow2 10y ago
  Don't think we're really on a moral high ground here when a huge chunk of this forum likely makes a living from utilising in depth personal info to drive advertisements, targeted advertising from the major tech companies make it all possible.
simosx 10y ago
Probably he indeed started doing this for fun but eventually did the "pivot" :-).