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What is a person who makes a site like this thinking about when they do it? What is their motivation? What are they trying to achieve?
I think it’s fair game to point out that the the 30 under 30 hype list is just that: hype. And there’s often very little substance underneath hype. And sometimes there’s outright deceit under it.
Forbes "30 under 30" actually has like 600 people a year in 20 categories, and that's just in the USA. Add in international lists and the number rises to well over 1000. Since 2011 there have probably been, what, 10-15 thousand total "honorees"? ~12 instances of fraud in total is probably significantly below the corporate average. And the "risk index" is idiotic. Basically just companies the creator doesn't like, or…
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“Told you so” can be quite a tranquil feeling.
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Why do you think they’re jealous of fraudsters?
What fraud have any of the companies under "risk index" committed?
But like genuinely, this sort of take confuses me so much. It’s like, if someone made fun of Putin and the consensus was that they’re just jealous they don’t have a country of their own to run.
Some of these really don't make sense. The implication that Cursor is a fraudulent company is a little weird considering they actually have real users. Like sure, is it a VS code fork with agents stapled to it? Yes. But are they on the same scale as most of the people mentioned? Ehh probably not. It reads more like a hit piece from someone with a grudge against random SF companies than anything else.
They should have left off the last section. No reason to shame founders if no wrong doing
If there's no wrong-doing, then there's nothing of which to be ashamed.