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Is experts-exchange really a spam site? I always thought they had real users who ask&answer questions. But that they are just a crap site that hides this behind
by CWIZO 16y ago
Is experts-exchange really a spam site? I always thought they had real users who ask&answer questions. But that they are just a crap site that hides this behind a paywall (I'm aware that the actual content is at the bottom of the page).
- roc 16y agoThat sounds like trying to excuse junkmail and spam because someone out there finds it useful and orders the products being offered.
- CWIZO 16y agoI'm not trying to do that. I'm just arguing that classifying it as spam is not fair. I remember (before SO) finding some useful info there from time to time. Whereas junk mail trying to sell me a bride from Russia for 50€ is defenetily a hoax :)
- Nick_C 16y agoI don't know their current methodology, but they got a bad rep because they used usenet postings to answer questions. You could find their answers by searching usenet groups. So they were setting themselves up as a Q&A service, when really they had searched groups for questions and used the answers as though the answers were coming from themselves. Basically they were leveraging off other people's work and charging for it.