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itsoktocryyesterday at 11:13 PM2 repliesview on HN

What's hilarious is when people boast about being "in Forbes" like it's the magazine from 20 years ago, and not this parasitic SEO operation that publishes garbage on anything.


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pimlottctoday at 12:26 AM

Well, of course; “Forbes” still carries prestige and cachet. If it didn’t, this scam wouldn’t work.

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dangustoday at 12:24 AM

I took advantage of this in business school. A lot of my professors considered Forbes a reputable business magazine. It was amazing, I could easily cite a source for just about anything I wanted to say.

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