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A comment on The untold origin story of eBay that I lived (2018). Parent comment

Re:The untold origin story of eBay that I lived (2018) by rmason on Friday March 20, 2020 @03:34PM (#22640802)
That story was invented by a PR agent to pitch eBay to the press.
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Re:The untold origin story of eBay that I lived (2018) by eternalban on Friday March 20, 2020 @08:31PM (#22643169)
And the press is not in the journalism business so no one bothered to ask around. Their job is to publish the PR apparently.
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