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Time to bring up this timeless piece, once again: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

• verelo 5y ago
  I am guessing the point you're making is: this is a PR piece to get people back to Disney World. Would make sense to me, but just clarifying the intent?
• ec109685 5y ago
  It's not PR. It's bloggers blogging for page views by rewriting timeless classics such as these.
  • wahern 5y ago
    They're "blogging" for money: > Interested in working with us or writing for us? Check out our job listings on LinkedIn, or send your resume and cover letter to jobs@greenmatters.com. About a year ago I clicked through to a Disneyland-related travel article from a similar site suggested by Google News. Since then Google News likes to suggest similar Disney theme park content and it's become abundantly clear that Disney advertising money supports a steady stream of these types of submarine articles. FWIW, I like Disney theme parks and don't need to be convinced or reminded to visit. And the articles are benign. Plus, it's cool that so many smaller outfits and writers can get a share of Disney's PR budget. It is annoying how many of them there are, but that's mostly Google News' fault for spamming my feed with them. We can't know for sure if Disney paid anything for this particular article. But there's a strong chance. Compare this article from 9 months ago: https://www.greenmatters.com/p/vegan-options-disney-parks https://www.greenmatters.com/p/vegan-options-disney-parks
    • ec109685 5y ago
      I don’t think Disney is paying for these. It’s content marketing for greenmatters so they are the ones paying these bloggers.
      • ec109685 5y ago
        Actually, just freelance content. If you search for the author's name, he has written a lot of "Did you know?" type articles.