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by hienyimba 1297 days ago
Whenever articles like these are published, I wonder who the Author thinks does the work of writing free articles on the Internet just for their pleasure. Content is expensive and is created by writers who must be paid.

To demand quality articles from the Internet, you must be willing to pay for them. Nobody exists just to write free passionate articles on the Internet and earn no money from them.

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Plus, Mr. Dubakov knows damn well why people write those types of articles. In fact, he's published quite a few shallow search optimized articles on the same Medium blog he's using to complain about the practice and on the Fibery blog. He does it to publicize his startup, just like most of the others.

e.g.

10 Top Product Marketing Bullshit Things in 2022

Survival guide for an introverted CEO

10 worst interview questions

5 Biggest Problems in Software Development

Overcoming fear of public speaking in 8 easy & honest tips

Those are not shallow blogspam. Those are actually good articles derived from the man experience.
It was that way for more than decade. The internet used to be nothing but passion projects