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Person creates website with some content. Person verifiably has 25k people looking at it at least sometimes. Restaurants give him a meal in exchange for ad spac
by unethical_ban 5y ago
Person creates website with some content. Person verifiably has 25k people looking at it at least sometimes. Restaurants give him a meal in exchange for ad space(sponsored review).
Other than further polluting the new web with fake bullshit content, there doesn't seem to be anything immoral about it. It just "feels" a bit scummy. But hey, a man's gotta eat.
- LegitShady 5y agoThis person steals content from others. They don't add anything. They didn't create a website either - they're just scraping content to steal. And they steal that content for actual financial benefit of free food rather so it isn't innocent. This is totally scummy.
- vietthan 5y agoWe say that but people who follow the account or like his posts must have found some value.
- LegitShady 5y agoThat value is stolen from the original source so he can proposition restaurants for financial benefit.
- unethical_ban 5y agoI won't argue the "steal content" component. Indeed it's unsavory, though I guess I'm desensitized because that's what 70% of social media and reddit is these days. In the context of this discussion, though, I think the "website" analogy fits just fine.
- tengbretson 5y ago> But hey, a man's gotta eat. Yes, ideally by providing value to others in their community.