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by gbog 4792 days ago
> writing style

I beg to differ, I yawned on the first page, on the second page, and got somewhere else. Information density is very low. It looks like this journalist, as many other, is paid by the line, and adds too much water in the soup.

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We also have to collectively agree to stop using the term "money shot" except when producing or filming a pornographic movie.
Indeed, writing is vapid at best.
Vapid is too strong a word, but it nothing but glorifies successful start-ups, and provides no caution for people who'd like to learn something from this. The only conflict described is agonizing over which multi-gazillion offer to take(!).

It's also fairly thin on new insights into the history and acquisition.

I think it has to do with the intended audience and the format of the publication, more than anything else.
Also, vapid according to dictionary: Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging. Guess you're right. It was challenging to read the whole thing till the end.
Well it IS Vanity Fair after all.