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> The Paycheck Protection Program, for small businesses affected by the pandemic, helped keep us afloat. In the grand scheme of PPP shenanigans it’s nothing, b
by refuser 1y ago
> The Paycheck Protection Program, for small businesses affected by the pandemic, helped keep us afloat.
In the grand scheme of PPP shenanigans it’s nothing, but how was an online-only _news_ website negatively impacted by perhaps the most globally relevant, urgent, and ongoing news story of the internet age?
- Danieru 1y agoAd spending got put on hold or canceled during the covid recession. Companies in all sectors moved to conserve cash. Even Google froze hiring. It was a good time to have a conservative balance sheet. I bought some good stock on the cheap, and hired my best programmer.
- nottorp 1y ago> and hired my best programmer. And they're still around? Or moved on when hiring defroze again, to get a non covid salary?