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I’m a little surprised along this entire journey, no one reported that Imran Chaudhri paid to have a Wikipedia article written about him and his many patents to
by mantia 2y ago
I’m a little surprised along this entire journey, no one reported that Imran Chaudhri paid to have a Wikipedia article written about him and his many patents to bolster his reputation years before Humane became relevant.
- handfuloflight 2y agoWhat level of corruption do you think is involved in "paying" for a Wikipedia article?
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- pedalpete 2y agoIs it corruption? Or just narcissism?
- mantia 2y agoRight. It’s not “corrupt” to have done it. Is there a difference between an article you paid someone to write about you and one that was written without your involvement? Yes. There is. Would this article have existed at all had he not paid for it? Possible, but doubtful. Wikipedia is not editorial journalism, it is an encyclopedia. His inclusion in said encyclopedia was paid sponsorship. An ad. Wikipedia’s policies don’t require it to be said on the page itself, which is a shame, because knowing whether the subject of an article paid for it to exist does change the reader’s perception of the article. It absolutely does.
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- didntknowyou 2y agoplenty of tech founders do that for PR it's just their standard playbook