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Standard notice that this Forbes article is essentially equivalent to a Medium or Substack post (this is more of a criticism at Forbes and its pay-to-post syste

Standard notice that this Forbes article is essentially equivalent to a Medium or Substack post (this is more of a criticism at Forbes and its pay-to-post system rather than at the individual writers).

DonHopkins 5y ago
Brad Templeton founded Looking Glass Software and ran rec.humor.funny via the Usenet address funny@looking.UUCP, so he was known as the Funny Looking Guy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Templeton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Templeton http://www.anvari.org/shortjoke/Big_Jokes/12870_edited-by-brad-templeton-mail-yes-mail-your-jokes-to-funny-looking.html http://www.anvari.org/shortjoke/Big_Jokes/12870_edited-by-br... >Edited by Brad Templeton. MAIL, yes MAIL your jokes to funny@looking.UUCP Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. I will reply, mailers willing. Topical (current events) jokes should be sent to topical@looking.UUCP
- zinekeller 5y ago
  As I noted, I'm not criticising the author, but because Forbes has sullied their reputation just to lend their name to nearly anyone. The warning is for someone who's still unaware that Forbes has turned into this and they should probably check who's behind the author and not rely on the Forbes' name to lend credence to the ideas (which unfortunately has published some very, very questionable articles like obvious pump-and-dump schemes). ... which is unfortunate since that there's still a Forbes newsroom (which produce the published magazine editions) which is the only part of Forbes which has actual editorial accountability (and therefore you can lend to Forbes' name).
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  - bradtemp 5y ago
    While Forbes does have some articles from paying contributors, these are marked. Articles from "Senior Contributors" involve paying the contributor, not the other way around. So not really like Medium or Substack (Though these do provide some remuneration to those who restrict their articles to paying subscribers, I believe.)

DonHopkins 5y ago

Brad Templeton founded Looking Glass Software and ran rec.humor.funny via the Usenet address funny@looking.UUCP, so he was known as the Funny Looking Guy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Templeton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Templeton http://www.anvari.org/shortjoke/Big_Jokes/12870_edited-by-brad-templeton-mail-yes-mail-your-jokes-to-funny-looking.html http://www.anvari.org/shortjoke/Big_Jokes/12870_edited-by-br... >Edited by Brad Templeton. MAIL, yes MAIL your jokes to funny@looking.UUCP Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. I will reply, mailers willing. Topical (current events) jokes should be sent to topical@looking.UUCP

zinekeller 5y ago
As I noted, I'm not criticising the author, but because Forbes has sullied their reputation just to lend their name to nearly anyone. The warning is for someone who's still unaware that Forbes has turned into this and they should probably check who's behind the author and not rely on the Forbes' name to lend credence to the ideas (which unfortunately has published some very, very questionable articles like obvious pump-and-dump schemes). ... which is unfortunate since that there's still a Forbes newsroom (which produce the published magazine editions) which is the only part of Forbes which has actual editorial accountability (and therefore you can lend to Forbes' name).
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- bradtemp 5y ago
  While Forbes does have some articles from paying contributors, these are marked. Articles from "Senior Contributors" involve paying the contributor, not the other way around. So not really like Medium or Substack (Though these do provide some remuneration to those who restrict their articles to paying subscribers, I believe.)