ṫẎℭỚ◎ᾔ ṫ◎ℳDec 12
BrianKrebs
I'm going to keep calling out companies that offer to pay me to repost stuff on my site. Especially the AI-backed ones, which seem unusually aggressive in this PR tactic. Who knows, maybe they'll stop sending them to me at least (not holding my breath).
Dec 12 at 1:55pmWeb
Show threadBrianKrebsDec 12
I guess these geniuses missed the first memo. Time to post this at the source (LinkedIn)
Show threadVissDec 12
@briankrebs tell em youll do it for 100k per post, and cite disneys recent billion dollar investment in sora, saying they can clearly afford it
Show threadJerry 🦙💝🦙Dec 12
@Viss @briankrebs that company has been busy. They’ve emailed me something similar offering to have their co-founder on my podcast in return for a chance at a “sponsorship”
Show threadBrianKrebsDec 12
@jerry @Viss I guess it shouldn't make me mad, but it does. IDK what upsets me more: The blatant douchebaggery of the ask, or the idea that others will say yes.
Show threadVissDec 12
@briankrebs @jerry make them feel uncomfortable. damage their smug
Show threadVissDec 12
@jerry @briankrebs agree and demand 'bay area ai startup founder' money. say youll do it for 500k, and cite the 1m+ comp packages theyre giving engineers. they can afford it.
Show threadJoe ❌👑Dec 12
@Viss @jerry @briankrebs You're asking Brian to be unethical and tank his reputation for a larger amount of money. OK, I get that you're not really being serious, but how about going the other way? Let's shame those who take the money.
Show threadBilly SmithDec 12

@not2b @Viss @jerry @briankrebs

I'd say that Brian should provide value for money. :D

He should do an hour-long podcast episode where he's completely up-front about his accepting $1mill;ion for what he's about to say, talks about their work quite happily for the first 30 minutes, and at minute 30, says, "Time's Up!", and then takes the next half an hour to be devastatingly accurate as to how bad their work is going to be.

No-one will ever make him that sort of offer again... :))

Show threadMichael ☕️Dec 12
@BillySmith @not2b @Viss @jerry @briankrebs
+1
#TeamMaliciousCompliance
Show threadBillDec 12
@jerry @Viss @briankrebs Remember back in the day when places started emailing site owners to ask if they could put a link to their site on your site, and everyone had their own page of cross-links? It was like SEO before we knew that SEO was bad. That was my job every Saturday morning at the first internet place I worked in '96 was to go through all the emails from people asking to exchange links and add them to our sites.
Show threadMcTwistDec 13
@Viss @briankrebs Half of it billed before post is submitted.
Show threadJoe WarminskyDec 12
@briankrebs "thought you'd be a great fit" is a permanently cursed phrase
Show threadBrianKrebsDec 12
@jwarminsky yeah. a great fit for my foot up their arse.
Show threadJoe ❌👑Dec 12
@briankrebs Next step should be to track influencers and "journalists" who praise "OpenAI's First Cyber Investment" online and ask them how much they got.
Show threadSterlingDec 12

@briankrebs
I wish that I could say that either
A) They did this with forethought
B) They give more than zero fvcks

But alas, I can say neither with any veracity.

Show threadJason Bellew,💻🤠🏳️‍🌈🐻‍❄️🖖🏻Dec 12

@briankrebs I would say, sure and post about it with you honestly think and then state this post was subsidized by them for a $1000.

You get to say what you think, get paid, and if they don't like the post and refuse to pay you. You then edit the post that they decided not to pay you at all due to the fact they don't like what you posted.

Either you make money or you don't. So, long as you are being ethical and make sure everyone knows if you were or weren't paid for posting.

Show threadMartin SeegerDec 12
@briankrebs I can foretell the future and see, they will miss this memo too.
Show threadBillDec 12

@briankrebs

I read that to say "deep flake threats"

Show threadgaryDec 12
@briankrebs
Show threadKraftwerk-Das Model CollapseDec 12
@gary_alderson robot needs more fingers
Show threadpunIssuerDec 12
@dngrs @gary_alderson yeah, see Ghost In The Shell
https://youtu.be/KlJ8eTuFe9U
ghost in the shell fingers

YouTube
Show threadyetztDec 12
@dngrs @gary_alderson
Show threadgaryDec 12
@yetzt @dngrs mine would probably be figure 8 pretzel fingers aka butterfly fingers #lorenz
Show threadbenDec 12
@briankrebs if AI is so great why do they need humans to write blog posts for them 🤔
Show threadeLearningTechieDec 12
@benjamineskola That was my exact thought when I saw that post. But AI doesn't have the same credibility and reputation and therefore is unable to produce anything of value to the PRopaganda team.
Show threadbenDec 12
@eLearningTechie it was a rhetorical question.
Show thread.vad//hakara🧭Dec 12
@briankrebs $1000 doesn't seem like enough for an "influencer post" considering the size of your audience.
Show thread❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Dec 12
@briankrebs A thousand dollars for a post?
Show threadBrianKrebsDec 12
@SnowyCA that's actually low-ish, believe it or not.
Show thread❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Dec 12
@briankrebs
They are truly trying to convince you to sell your soul.
Show threadOzzelot Dec 12
@SnowyCA
Luckily my soul has no monetary or otherwise exchangeable value
@briankrebs
Show threadDan RileyDec 12
@briankrebs @SnowyCA like Alice Beeblebrox, tell them you’re waiting for “the right price”
Show threadgaytabaseDec 12
@briankrebs a whole $1000 for your reputation, what a deal
Show threadCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠Dec 12

@briankrebs Wow...

"All you have to do is cut and paste"

Show threadtaco, bird/cat Dec 12
@catsalad @briankrebs i really don't want the phrase "so easy a caveman could do it" near my cybersecurity trainings
Show threadAndreas KDec 12

@catsalad @briankrebs Well, we used the phrase “copy & waste” for brainless operations like that as students.

Software Engineering was a hard class for the environment, with all the trees killed for all the documentation that back then we had to print out for our tutors to read and check.

(Our a-hole commuted by train, so there was a risk that he'd have a look, what a pain in the posterior it was.)

Show threadMichael K JohnsonDec 12

@briankrebs Wow, not only do they think you are for sale, but they also expect that you are a cheap date. 🙄 That's some kind of special on their part.

Thank you for continuing to make this kind of manipulation visible!

Show threadRairii   Dec 12
@briankrebs it would be nice to see the email headers for this stuff too
Show threadunattributed 𓂃✍︎Dec 12

@briankrebs At least they're in the right subject for your site.  I used to keep getting these "we sell pipes" or "office supplies" or some other junk messages, when I was running a music review site.

But, geez, that is quite low for your audience and engagement level.

Show threadAndreas KDec 12

@unattributed @briankrebs I just had two “electricity cost refund” salesmen before my door.

Now, after I shut the door on these two Jehovah witness look alike, I was rather not surprised that neither news sites nor the city's website, or anybody else knows anything about current “electricity cost refunds”.

Show threadCatgirl Lunya :no_ai::v_t::v_lesbian::v_pan:Dec 12
@briankrebs but posting on fedi is free-
Show thread🐦‍🔥nemo™🐦‍⬛ 🇺🇦🍉Dec 12
@briankrebs Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣 #wtf
Show threadeLearningTechieDec 12
@briankrebs Thank you for rejecting these 'easy money opportunities' and putting your reputation first. It's much appreciated. 👏
Show threadGytis RepečkaDec 12
@briankrebs This is why whole "influencer marketing" is nothing but regular crappy marketing 
Show threadFritz AdalisDec 12
@briankrebs
Are you ever tempted to accept and then write an article tearing them up?
Show threadBradleyDec 12
@briankrebs make a section of your website labeled companies to stay away from and take the money
Show threadConny NaschDec 12
@bradley 😁 😂 @briankrebs
Show threadSarcastiCanadianDec 12
@briankrebs So, this is a post. What are you going to do with your $1000?
Show threadSoftwarewolfDec 12
@briankrebs "I just so happened to come across your profile, one of the most influential people in cyber security. Here's $1000 for putting our slop on your website. Thanks. :)"
Show threadwall-eDec 12
@briankrebs "fuck you and the clanker you hobbled in on!"
Show threadwall-eDec 12
@briankrebs this for sure seems like not a bubble at all 🙃
Show threadSven Slootweg, low-spoons mode ("still kinky and horny anyway")Dec 12
@briankrebs Leaving aside the obvious ethical problems with all this... what kind of shit fee is $1000? That doesn't even pay rent for a month, do they really expect someone so well-known to give up their reputation (= future income) for that?
Show threadSteve MiddlebrookDec 12
Gotta love OpenAI, which is used to make deepfakes, selling a service to protect you from deepfakes.
Show threadṫẎℭỚ◎ᾔ ṫ◎ℳDec 12
@briankrebs "A rack of money"  Delete 
Show threadmx alex tax1a - 2020 (6)Dec 12

@briankrebs accept their offer, take their money, post "The slop purveyors gave me 1000 dollars to post this crap" on top of their post

;)

Show threadRootWyrm 🇺🇦Dec 12
@atax1a @briankrebs bonus! This also guarantees you are fully compliant with FTC disclosure rules (even if they aren't enforcing them.)
Show threadNicole ParsonsDec 12

@briankrebs

The AI bubble people are so accustomed to astroturf marketing.

Show threadhal8999Dec 12
@briankrebs What cheapskates. In the days when magazines were printed on paper, you'd need a 1 year full-page or double-truck commitment. And you might get a ghost byline, not one of the actual writers/editors.
Show threadmahadevankDec 12
@briankrebs wow, how desperate can they be to do this!
Show thread🦄Cyber Unicorn🦄Dec 12
@briankrebs I actually reached out to them to get a demo of their product a few weeks ago. As I was looking for a cyber awareness training solution. Kind of glad they never got back to me now.
But maybe they should focus on getting back to people instead of trying these gross tactics.