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Fake AI law firms are sending fake DMCA threats to generate fake SEO gains (arstechnica.com)
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[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I remember being like 14yo and learning that "SEO specialist" is a fucking job title. Even then I was like, that sounds like a fake job, what's the fucking value of that?

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 5 points 7 months ago

Yeah I remember being struck by that too, but then I worked in "business" and there's a ton of weird stuff people do for a living (productively, for some late-stage capitalism value of productive). It just happened to intrude into the there-to cozy world of the web.