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It was a Ponzi scheme. Interesting story, but Google turns up much better coverage than this article.
by hilux 2y ago
It was a Ponzi scheme. Interesting story, but Google turns up much better coverage than this article.
- Yiin 2y agogoogle gives different results to different people based on tracking and their metrics, if you found a better source, please share the article itself
- hilux 2y agoI'm never sure how HN feels about links, but this is better, and includes a conversation with the programmer: https://restofworld.org/2021/farmbank-turkey-scam-jail-time/ https://restofworld.org/2021/farmbank-turkey-scam-jail-time/
- mkl 2y agoYes, and this site seems really scummy. Wikipedia is pretty good on the guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Ayd%C4%B1n_(born_1991) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Ayd%C4%B1n_(born_1991). BBC from 2018 has almost as much about the rest: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-43430363 https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-43430363
- metabolian 2y agoCan we say "search" instead of google, quit supporting a bloated incompetent monopoly.
- ajdude 2y agoDespite using Kagi as my search engine, I still use the term "Google" to refer to seeing generally. I think everyone else does too, and the result should really be Google becoming a genericized word.
- hilux 2y agoWell, I used Google, so that's what I wrote. Coincidentally, I recently tested other search engines, from Bing to Yandex, and my results were not better.