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by randomfinn 2640 days ago
The link is blog spam, original article is at https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/in-banne...
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Thanks. Url changed from https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/22/18276542/scam-hidden-vide....

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Sorry about that, will keep it in mind for future posts.
The verge is not blogspam - its long form tabloid
"Blogspam" is more an article attribute than a site attribute. In this case the article was a couple paragraphs lifted from another source, which is usually how people use the term.