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Comment by leonidasv

This bears much similarity with this scam discussed on HN some days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32377063

> go to some platform with public credibility that allows you to insert unverified but credible data (Spotify, IMDb, etc.)

> create entries for yourself

> pay PR sites with some good SEO to publish about it

> use this data to persuade bigger companies staff/algorithms to think you deserve that badge/star/custom box on their products

Guess we'll see a lot of those scams being uncovered as the time goes, a lot of people still think that Spotify/IMDb/etc. has some strong background-check policy for user-submitted content.

parent leonidasv 4 years ago

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