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Forbes.com is basically a blogging platform with a small number of journalists and an army of random contributors, quite a few of whom are scam artists. All tho
by oefrha 2y ago
Forbes.com is basically a blogging platform with a small number of journalists and an army of random contributors, quite a few of whom are scam artists. All those random blogs are not terribly different from medium.com in essence, but Forbes.com presents them with a veneer of authority, when they’re really just unvetted, unedited garbage for the most part. I’m surprised the domain isn’t in the gutter yet.
- andy99 2y agoCosts 2.5-5k/year for the privilege of blogging on their platform: https://bestorganizations.com/marketing/forbes-communications-council/ https://bestorganizations.com/marketing/forbes-communication... It's like being a speaker at lots of conferences, the slot comes with a sponsorship package, people think they're watching an invited talk but it's a paid ad.
- alfiedotwtf 2y agoOff-topic: It’s really sad to see all the low effort, ChatGPT written, informationless posts on Medium these days. If this becomes the norm then you might as well cut out the middleman and just go straight to ChatGPT and ask it to generate an article on the subject you’re interested in. Oh. Thinking about this right now, that’s an interesting concept - soon you’ll be able to generate your own content for personal consumption. Forget going online to learn about a topic or read about recent events, just have a conversation with ChatGPT. Mind blown