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linuxsecurity.com Classified as 100% Slop (LLM Spam)

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 27, 2024

How long can they carry on like this?

Brittany Day: Linux Mint 22: Elevating Security and Usability for Admins

Come on, Brittany. Do you ever even pretend to read what you never ever wrote? This 'lazy' publishing (plagiarism with legal hacks/dodge) may be OK for your site's SEO, but it is destroying the Web. It also alienates legitimate audience, who can detect the slop based on a quick 'sniff test'.

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