Archive in case these guys recant:
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150711233921/https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3cs78i/whats_the_best_long_con_you_ever_pulled/cszjqg2" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20150711233921/https://www.reddi...</a><p>How is this not a bigger deal?<p>Edit: Just to be clear, there is a real chance they are all just trolling - especially considering if that were true, then that would have been the dumbest thing possible by all parties, especially if there was documentation that was discoverable.<p>However even if they are trolling all of those comments are SUPER UNPROFESSIONAL considering all that has happened in the last week. "We all had our part to play", "Other than that, child's play for me." "Thanks for the help. I mean, thanks for your service as CEO."
This thread has to be a joke. Conde Nast's strategy from 2005+ was to acquire internet brands and communities. They acquired Wired and ArsTechnica. They almost acquired certain other internet communities. It looks as if their strategy didn't quite work out.<p>Edit: Here's an article from 2014 that might shed light on their strategy: <a href="http://digiday.com/publishers/conde-nast-social-ads/" rel="nofollow">http://digiday.com/publishers/conde-nast-social-ads/</a><p>(I have no inside knowledge of this. I'm just an outsider looking in)