Writing about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: What Should Every Student Know?, Joe Blair, Health Thoroughfare, 19.03.2019

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EDIT: Please read @adambeyoncelowe 's comment first:
adambeyoncelowe said:
It's advertorial for WriterCheap.com. Basically, some black hat marketing person will pay someone in the Philippines or Thailand to write garbage that subtly (or in this case, not so subtly) shoehorns in a link to their client's website. This increases the client's internet presence.
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Writing about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: What Should Every Student Know?
by Joe Blair, Health Thoroughfare (not a serious site), 19.03.2019
Student lifestyle which includes hours of studying may potentially lead to chronic fatigue syndrome. What should you know about this condition?

Let us be honest, it is not alright to feel tired all the time. No, it won’t go away as soon as you finish the course and start sleeping as an actual human being. No, coffee will not help you. Perhaps, this is something that you did not really want to hear but, unfortunately, it is true. We just decided to answer the most common questions students have concerning chronic fatigue syndrome. In case you are suffering from it, there is a chance you will get tired before reading this article till the end. But still, the team of experts from [...] highly recommend you focusing your energy on this helpful information.
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It is a typical case when students fall victims of this exhausting condition. Constant stress, sleepless nights, too much homework, exams, tests, and we won’t even mention the terror and horror of group projects. All of these usual student activities are piling up creating a great opportunity for CFS to occupy your body and make it feel like home.
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https://www.healththoroughfare.com/news/writing-about-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-what-should-every-student-know/15351

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https://www.healththoroughfare.com/staff
Joe Blair s is the lead editor for Health Thoroughfare.
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It's advertorial for WriterCheap.com. Basically, some black hat marketing person will pay someone in the Philippines or Thailand to write garbage that subtly (or in this case, not so subtly) shoehorns in a link to their client's website. This increases the client's internet presence.

The topics of such articles are usually only tenuously connected to the links, and there's telltale clunky/old fashioned/awkward language that betrays the fact it was written by someone on the cheap who isn't usually a native speaker.

I can guarantee 1000% that that's what this is. The marketer probably realised articles on 'CFS' attract a lot of traffic, so chose it for that reason.
 
Thanks, @adambeyoncelowe .

The "article" showed up at a google news search on „Chronic Fatigue Syndrome“. At a second glance I see how manipulative the contributors' CV are. I'll copy some extracts to not cause more traffic:

Andy Beal, PhD.
Andy is a former Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University, is an award-winning travel, culture, and parenting writer. His writing has appeared in many of the nation’s most respected and credible publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and on the cover of Smithsonian Magazine. A meticulous researcher who’s not afraid to be controversial, she is nationally known as a journalist who opens people’s eyes to the realities behind accepted practices in the care of children. Jennifer is a contributing journalist to Health Thoroughfare.
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(This is text that displays under Andy's ("his") picture. I doubt that Andy (his writing) and Jennifer (she) are the same persons.)

Skimming the other contributors‘ CV I saw Cornell University, Harvard, a "researcher and law professor at York University (TORONTO)", graduations from Columbia Law School, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs and "Harvard College"

But I had utterly skipped this one:
Contributor
Bridget grew up in a small town in northern Minnesota. She studied chemistry in college, graduated, and married her husband one month later. They were then blessed with two baby boys within the first four years of marriage. Having babies gave their family a desire to return to the old paths – to nourish their family with traditional, homegrown foods; rid their home of toxic chemicals and petroleum products; and give their boys a chance to know a simple, sustainable way of life.

They are currently building a homestead from scratch on two little acres in central Texas. There’s a lot to be done to become somewhat self-sufficient, but they are debt-free and get to spend their days living this simple, good life together with their five young children. Shannon writes articles in our l Food Nutrition category.“
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:arghh: That's obvious at least.

Will have a real forum break now.:ill:
 
MSEsperanza said:
Thanks, @adambeyoncelowe .

The "article" showed up at a google news search on „Chronic Fatigue Syndrome“. At a second glance I see how manipulative the contributors' CV are. I'll copy some extracts to not cause more traffic:


(This is text that displays under Andy's ("his") picture. I doubt that Andy (his writing) and Jennifer (she) are the same persons.)

Skimming the other contributors‘ CV I saw Cornell University, Harvard, a "researcher and law professor at York University (TORONTO)", graduations from Columbia Law School, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs and "Harvard College"

But I had utterly skipped this one:

:arghh: That's obvious at least.

Will have a real forum break now.:ill:
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Yep. The bios look like copy pasta. Another telltale giveaway.
 
MSEsperanza said:
Thanks, @adambeyoncelowe .

The "article" showed up at a google news search on „Chronic Fatigue Syndrome“. At a second glance I see how manipulative the contributors' CV are. I'll copy some extracts to not cause more traffic:


(This is text that displays under Andy's ("his") picture. I doubt that Andy (his writing) and Jennifer (she) are the same persons.)

Skimming the other contributors‘ CV I saw Cornell University, Harvard, a "researcher and law professor at York University (TORONTO)", graduations from Columbia Law School, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs and "Harvard College"

But I had utterly skipped this one:

:arghh: That's obvious at least.

Will have a real forum break now.:ill:
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Oh damn, I thought it was written by a student journalist or some outsourced churn service to promote the testing service or whatever it is they're pitching. Or those are fake personas? So that would be a fake site that is used to market the writing pitch thing?

Yikes.

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Yeah, I think those are fake personas. The picture for Andy Beal is used on many sites as a stock photo and there is nothing on the NYT written by someone of that name. Same for the picture of Ashley Rice.

So: fake site, as Adam said
 
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Sly Saint said:
"The statistics claim that women are more likely to develop this syndrome and this, dear ladies, is an alarming statement."

can it get more patronising?

people can comment.
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Well all is clear, as long as one avoids being a woman or being a student then you are safe from CFS.

Perhaps if I work at being more macho and reverse over twenty years of formal education, I might be able to cure my ME. Ah, but wait my ME is doing a very good job of reversing my education, so the worse my brain fog and cognitive problems get the better I will be.

However sorry ladies, you are going to have to think about a sex change if you really want to get better.
 
adambeyoncelowe said:
It's advertorial for WriterCheap.com. Basically, some black hat marketing person will pay someone in the Philippines or Thailand to write garbage that subtly (or in this case, not so subtly) shoehorns in a link to their client's website. This increases the client's internet presence.

The topics of such articles are usually only tenuously connected to the links, and there's telltale clunky/old fashioned/awkward language that betrays the fact it was written by someone on the cheap who isn't usually a native speaker.

I can guarantee 1000% that that's what this is. The marketer probably realised articles on 'CFS' attract a lot of traffic, so chose it for that reason.
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yep, this is one of those content writer jobs that you see on freelancer or upwork.
 
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