Article Credibility Criticism

Users heavily criticize the linked article as clickbait, FUD, sponsored content, PR puff pieces, or misleading with ulterior motives like self-promotion.

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Sample Comments

gruez Jan 8, 2019 View on HN

if you read a little further down on in the comments section, you'd see that the article is pretty much a clickbait/FUD piece, and the author has a history of writing clickbait/FUD articles.

daneel_w Nov 22, 2020 View on HN

After reading this article I can't help wondering if the writer was "sponsored"...

xtracto Sep 12, 2020 View on HN

Ooh so the "article" is really a marketing blurb for that other service!

knowaveragejoe Jul 4, 2015 View on HN

The article is seemingly sensationalist for the sake of sensationalism?

necessity Sep 27, 2016 View on HN

The whole article sounds like a PR piece, I'm surprised it was so well received here.

dennis333 Oct 5, 2016 View on HN

Not sure if we're reading the same article?!To me this reads like a PR puff piece commissioned by the minions of an ego-maniac.

sidcool Aug 16, 2015 View on HN

Not a convincing article. Although the writer of the post is in good standing, I doubt the motives.

kermitthehermit Jul 15, 2011 View on HN

This is just FUD, perhaps this article was written after someone received an amount of money to write it?

punee Nov 16, 2015 View on HN

That's because the article is just a thinly veiled ad for the author's ad-free service.

unobatbayar Mar 1, 2022 View on HN

You're actually right.How is this even considered an article? Can't find the author too, perhaps it's automated?