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[–] [email protected] 419 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (36 children)

Fuck Forbes. They prop up conservatives and conservative talking points. They also post screens of tweets from conservatives, like the dickbag (from this article) who referred to the Ukraine army as "Ukronazis".

The news of this attack is great to hear, but we should not be supporting Forbes with clicks. They are the enemy.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Forbes is just a blogging platform where "contributors" can post their clickbait. Forbes adds their reputation and the ads and then splits the profit with the "contributor"...

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That explains the extremely low quality content from them. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I once had a college professor tell me forbes was 'absolutely reliable.'

That was a decade years ago, but still.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Forbes used to be credible. Like so many, they gave up on making good content, because, it costs money to do so.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It not just cost money. It's easier to generate outrage and "interesting" articles when you can just make shit up (or at least distort facts), so bullshit gets more clicks and thus is more profitable!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In this case you are wrong. This article is by Forbes Staff, not a contributor.

Forbes uses one name to deliver two different products, one of which is an in house magazine.

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