The Follower Factory – New York Times
I’ve been aware of these “pay money for followers” schemes for a while now, but this was a really interesting deep dive into the companies who will sell you social media followers. Also it’s the first time in a while I’ve seen a page with JavaScript fanciness that didn’t completely suck.
How to Win Founders and Influence Everybody – Wired
In some ways this is just a profile of a PR hack but what I found interesting about this profile was that, amidst all the hype of new communications channels, good PR is about relationships.
A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage – The Awl
Given that The Awl is shutting down this month, I’m reminded to post one of my favourite articles from that site. I just love this flight of fancy based around an everyday commodity.
