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I honestly don't think this happens, at least at the level of a place like HN. It's just too small. Instead I believe they spend money trying to deal with Tec
by cbanek 8y ago
I honestly don't think this happens, at least at the level of a place like HN. It's just too small. Instead I believe they spend money trying to deal with TechCrunch and going to the media outlets directly, to control the story, not the comments.
On the other hand, a lot of good employees work for those companies and read things here. They are smart people who will occasionally fight for their company or explain why something happened, or how something isn't true, usually in a very technical way. But I don't think any of these people are paid PR people.
- rdlecler1 8y agoIt may be small but it’s a top level hub of information flow. I see something some up on HN to be followed days later in the mainstream press.
- cbanek 8y agoWhile there are some things that come up here maybe a few hours or days before the mainstream press gets to it (usually posted from a smaller press outlet), I've never seen an HN thread quoted or referenced here in the mainstream media. If you've seen one, I'd love to see it. Also, just because sometimes there are some mainstream stories here (for example, a lot of WSJ, NYT, WaPo is posted here) doesn't mean that all stories posted here are mainstream. Most aren't.
- OnlyRepliesToBS 8y agolol nope