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Slate and Forbes wrote an article about this in 2012 when it was noticed Microsoft had filed a patent for this.. although nobody from Microsoft would publicly c

• umeshunni 7y ago
  Nitpicking, but "Forbes" didn't write that article as much as "Medium" or "Blogger" wrote any article you see hosted on those sites. Notice that the article you linked is hosted on forbes.com/sites/ericjackson... Some guy named Eric Jackson (https://twitter.com/ericjackson https://twitter.com/ericjackson) - who appears to be a PE investor wrote that article. Forbes is a content farm that hosts opinion posts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes#Forbes.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes#Forbes.com Forbes.com uses a "contributor model" in which a wide network of "contributors" writes and publishes articles directly on the website. Contributors are paid based on traffic to their respective Forbes.com pages; the site has received contributions from over 2,500 individuals, and some contributors have earned over US$100,000, according to the company. Forbes currently allows advertisers to publish blog posts on its website alongside regular editorial content through a program called BrandVoice, which accounts for more than 10 percent of its digital revenue.