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Douchebag Decree: If I Were a Douchebag Forbes Writer Edition

Douchebag Decree post by Mac Pogue on December 16, 2011 - 10:37am; tagged blogosphere, Forbes, Gene Marks.

If you don't want to give Marks the pageviews, Dominion has a nice highlight reel from his article here. Instead of rehashing the (many) negative aspects of what Marks had to say, let's look at some of the incredibly positive, non-trolling responses to Marks' piece that could use your clicks.

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Newsflash, Forbes: Blogging is Work. Now Pay Up.

Social Commentary post by Kelsey Wallace on April 20, 2010 - 11:25am; tagged blogging, bullshit, exploitation, Forbes.
Apparently, the wealth giant Forbes recently put out a call for media bloggers. The catch? The gig doesn't pay anything.


Pay for blogging? Bitch, please.

I don't know about you all, but I am so over the "new media" notion that blogging grows in a magic orchard on pretty trees and therefore should be free of charge. Um, it's called WORK, fools. Anyone else continue to run into this problem?
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