Weird Editorial Choices in 'Linux Today' These Past Few Hours (Updatedx14)

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022-08-02 03:49:29 UTC
Modified: 2022-08-08 20:45:26 UTC

As of moments ago:

These aren't articles or news, these are diploma mills:

Summary: Webspam from ZDNet's sister site is being promoted in Linux Today's front page and RSS feed; paid-for promotional plugs?

Update: They've just done it again, less than a day later.

Update #2: Fourth time in a day. 'Linux Today' probably gets paid to post this spam.

Update #3: Wow, fifth time in just over a day. Webspam from ZDNet's sister site. What on Earth is going on here? Sunset for the site? Has 'Linux Today' sold its soul to diploma mills?

Update #4: For the sixth time in 2 days, 'Linux Today' posts spammy "plugs" as "news".

This is at least the sixth such 'TechRepublic Academy' plug in 34 hours; not offensive when they say it?

Update #5: Again today.

Update #6: Has ZDNet's parent company 'taken over' Linux Today?

It is not even an article!

Update #7: And again just hours apart.

One can guess what's happening here. Linux Today has basically sold out.

Update #8: The site seems like a spam machine.

Spammed to death. Will that ever stop?

Update #9: Still going... and a third time today.

Linux Today used to be a hub for Linux news. Now it's just webspam operation for a sister site of ZDNet.

Update #10: Still happening... for nearly a week already.

Update #11: It's happening, still. Now for a whole week.

Update #12: It has now been over a week.

Update #13: More sales instead of news.

Update #14: More of that same old spam, even dated 2021. Certainly some back room deal to post garbage in Linux Today.

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Weird Editorial Choices in 'Linux Today' These Past Few Hours (Updatedx14)

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