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List of Forbes scams https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/02/an-incomplete-history-of-forbes-com-as-a-platform-for-scams-grift-and-bad-journalism/ https://www.nieman
by fbn79 5y ago
List of Forbes scams
https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/02/an-incomplete-history-of-forbes-com-as-a-platform-for-scams-grift-and-bad-journalism/ https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/02/an-incomplete-history-of-f...
- mgh2 5y agoPrevious discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30281041 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30281041
- mylons 5y agothe 30 under 30, tho
- osrec 5y agoI know of people who have paid to get on that list. That cheapened it for me, and made me see it for what it was... What was more alarming was that it wasn't even that much money (around 5k USD, I believe).
- kilroy123 5y agoSo how do you do it?
- bsilvereagle 5y agoI can’t make any claims to the accuracy of this piece, but found it an interesting read after a colleague of mine was on the list: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-get-forbes-30-under-honest-thorough-guide-christina-qi-caia/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-get-forbes-30-under-hones...
- asadlionpk 5y agoHire a PR firm to do it for you.
- notfromhere 5y agoSo many of the people there haven’t really done much either. It’s hard to do anything meaningful career-wise before 30.
- osrec 5y agoHaha, indeed. Many times they've just started a company, and that's it. No proper customers, no real revenue. Just a random, unproven lofty idea and a "brand". Very Theranos like, and similarly doomed to fail.
- skrtskrt 5y agoI personally know people who have made it that just work in a some midlevel (but publicly visible) role at a big tech unicorn, the company just got them placed there as part of their general PR strategy
- notfromhere 5y agoI've seen that too. The most egregious is when it's someone at a financial institution where the titles are pretty inflated. Being an AVP at Bank of America is not really a flex worthwhile of a 30 under 30 placement.
- cjbgkagh 5y ago$5K USD for a chance, I think it's probably closer to $50K for a sure thing, I know a number of people who made the list. Sometimes it comes as part of a VC investment package and is considered part of the marketing spend. Other times it's through (very) personal connections with powerful people. It's not too hard to find out who those powerful people are you just have to do a bit of hustling.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> it's probably closer to $50K for a sure thing Depends on the list. They print lists like they print names on them. Top 40 under 40 Southeast Asian fintech sales and stuff.
- cjbgkagh 5y agoGood point, my info is from the 30 under 30 back in 2013/2014 timeframe before the world split. I know someone who had $100K spent on her but that was a part of a bundle that included a glowing OZY write up and a bunch of other services.
- arcticbull 5y agoAh so what you're saying is there's some potential synergies.
- ghaff 5y agoThere's perhaps no better example of a publication selling its soul for pageviews than Forbes. While Malcolm Forbes was editor, it was my favorite business magazine. Today, they sometimes have decent articles if you can plow through all the popups etc. to read them, but there's a huge amount of content that has very little real editorial oversight.