AhmedF

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by AhmedF 7y ago
Funny you mention Slatestarcodex as lots of people there are big fans of Examine.com
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by AhmedF 7y ago
Yup! We even mentioned MF in our blog post.
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by AhmedF 7y ago
Uhh - what? https://examine.com/supplements/creatine/ - just scroll down. https://examine.com/supplements/creatine/#effect-matrix - that's not selling anything. https://e
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by AhmedF 7y ago
They actually have published guidelines, and we meet them 100%.
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by AhmedF 7y ago
Good idea! Here's Kamal's thorough bio page: https://examine.com/user/kamalpatel/ Here's Kamal verified on twitter: https://twitter.com/zenkamal Here's him on Wikipedia: https
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by AhmedF 7y ago
PN just sold for roughly $250,000,000. Which they bootstrapped for the past 18 years. JB used to do the nutrition for guys like GSP (the MMA fighter). JB is an advisor to Nike, Apple, Equinox, and more. It's literally the least of his
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by AhmedF 7y ago
Let me be clear - we have never bought a single link. We get direct links similar to what wikipedia does - aka direct to a supplement. For example, creatine: https://examine.com/supplements/creatine/ You will not
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by AhmedF 7y ago
You are literally trying to find things to complain about. 1. It's standard MO not to. We never even claimed outright endorsements... 2. Did you click on the link? We immediately say how superfoods do not exist. As I said - just trying
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by AhmedF 7y ago
Yup - EAT and YMYL has been a thing for a long time. That's why all of our authors are on an about page, why we distinguish editors vs reviewers vs researchers, why Kamal Patle has his own page, and why we even explain our editorial pr
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by AhmedF 7y ago
I'm the only employee here (co-founder). You do realize we started off of reddit, have had tens of millions of visitors, and so it only makes sense there nerdy people who like what we do? [I have a comp engineering degree myself]
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by AhmedF 7y ago
I enjoy how you ask questions but never click on anything because it must fraud. You can click to the about page to see who he is. And who edits the work. And how the editorial process is. "Wyatt Brown" is clickable. The 42 citati
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by AhmedF 7y ago
Let me address these: 1. No one links to them. You are welcome to google. Eg here: https://www.nytimes.com/guides/year-of-living-better/how-to-... - you'll see their entire supplement section is from our si
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by AhmedF 7y ago
> It doesn't appear to be much different than other health websites We go faaaaaaaaar more in-depth. Eg collating human in-vivo research: https://examine.com/supplements/creatine/#effect-matrix Summarizing
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by AhmedF 7y ago
Oh damn - will check into that. With that said - we've been using CF since April or May. The hits happened well before.
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by AhmedF 7y ago
Our reputation is pretty damn solid - that's what makes this even more perplexing.
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by AhmedF 7y ago
Thank you!