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Re:Scott's Cheap Flights: Growing a small side project into ... by petercooper on Friday June 30, 2017 @07:43PM (#14674290)
That's basically what it is.

People who want to grow lists quickly all get together. The smaller lists pay for the prizes, the bigger lists pay with exposure. They all pitch a sweepstakes to their subscribers, all entrants end up subscribed to all lists.. everyone wins (allegedly).

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Re:Scott's Cheap Flights: Growing a small side project into ... by exclusiv on Friday July 07, 2017 @12:03AM (#14715949)
I was talking with a younger relative this weekend who is in college and she mentioned TheSkimm and I immediately thought of this thread. Maybe the younger crowd who spends so much time with social apps and other noise find it highly valuable. There's probably a big distrust for mainstream sources which is not unwarranted.
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