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[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It is a forum, how would they ever make money? A few adds placed here and there? How many employees do they even have?

[–] smitty825@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think there business model was to make money by running a recruiting service. In theory, prospective employers could see how well you really know a topic based on your answers.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

You can not even answer until you have such and such many imaginary points? I wanted to answer someones question and was unable to spread the knowledge because of their bullshit system.