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I'm noticing a lot of very positive stories bout Snapchat (WIRED --- Snap’s IPO Made Its Employees Millionaires—Why Not DJ Khaled?, CNBNC --- Here are all the ways Facebook has copied Snapchat). What's going on here? Is Snapchat using PR firms to prop up the stock after the analysts downgraded the stock earlier this week?

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It might be a submarine or PR firm action, but it might also simply be that they're a billion dollar company that just had an IPO, so articles about them are simply timely.

I don't really put much merit into journalists saying something is good or bad. shrug

A zero history account thought it was really important this wound up on hn. It's almost certainly paid-for content.

Yeah, I flagged the story because of this. Let the mods decide what to do.

I think that's silly of you to do. The article has a legitimate point, especially since so many people misunderstand why Snapchat is used.

pg's explanation: http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html

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