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The case of fake IMDb credits

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    bhrgunatha
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    I love articles like this where someone goes on a deep dive into some obscure subject you'd never in a thousand years think of looking into. It's the main reason I bother with any type of...

    I love articles like this where someone goes on a deep dive into some obscure subject you'd never in a thousand years think of looking into.

    It's the main reason I bother with any type of aggregator, for hidden gems like this.

    He has fooled the mighty google search algorithms into believing that he is a person of certain notability.

    If I am honest, I am impressed by his ingenuity and also slightly worried how easy it is to do this.

    It's like the Carl Sagan quote.

    If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe

    Maybe easy from the point of view that the research and setting up the services and click farms that let you generate this - and following articles and youtube tutorials yourself.

    Not so easy from the point of view of generating the initial idea, doing the research and setting up the services yourself to monetise the idea.

    They’re doing this because these websites have no verification or review process for submissions but they have a high SEO ranking which tricks the google search algorithm into believing these citations as legit proof of their notability.

    I've grown to despise the tech industry's attitude to what is commonly referred to as the algorithm.

    Also I would love it if the article's comments are genuinely from Subhankar Bagchi, but you can't trust everything you read online eh?

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    1. elcuello
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      This is one of those instances where whether its fake or not it's equally interesting. I agree I also love these deep dives.

      Also I would love it if the article's comments are genuinely from Subhankar Bagchi, but you can't trust everything you read online eh?

      This is one of those instances where whether its fake or not it's equally interesting. I agree I also love these deep dives.

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