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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 month

@KeatonPatti Hah. We didn’t write that one. Do we have to fact check the fake snopes headline now?

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@itcdr

1 month

@soyfika @KeatonPatti I know. I have been mostly under the radar since I took over as CEO in 2022. I haven’t done any interviews or anything. Just been focused on building up the Snopes brand.

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@itcdr

1 month

@rustybrick @googleanalytics GA4 is the worst thing that has happened to the publishing industry since Safari lost 3rd party cookies.

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@itcdr

1 month

@BiscussAnGravy @KeatonPatti I’m not sure I’d want to know that. lol. Although a couple weeks ago we did a fact check on a math teacher who posted lessons on Pornhub. Our article showed up on the first page of google for “pornhub”. I was shocked to see how many searches it got. But most people weren’t

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@itcdr

1 month

@Kevin_R_Elder @soyfika @KeatonPatti Appreciate it

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

After years of interviews, one investigative reporter detailed the full history of Snopes and all the drama and scandals that went on internally with all the facts. I warn you, it's a long read. A couple quotes below to get you started.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

3 months

@JuddLegum 100%. They “train” on everyone’s data without permission or compensation and then produce similar results that wouldn’t have been possible without it. Definitely sounds like stealing to me. Content creators need to be paid for their work. Full stop.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 month

@hellodonavon Hah. Fake Snopes article. Here is the real one where we made it clear. One day we are fact checking serious questions about an assassination attempt and the next we are debunking claims that a candidate is having sex with a couch. This job is never boring. lol

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

9 months

@michellelegro @WIRED @michellelegro I’m sorry to hear that. We are hiring at Snopes (both editors and writers). Here is our editor job listing below. We haven’t posted the writer roles yet as we didn’t think anyone would be looking right before xmas. It feels wrong for a company to do a layoff when

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

4 months

@texasrunnerDFW A doctor/lawyer/etc making $400K shouldn’t be taxed at the same rate as someone making $10M+. They should spread out the brackets significantly. They are making a good living but not the real rich.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 month

I’ve been following assassination attempt on former President Trump closely to look for topics we need to fact check. So much misinformation out there. Here are the main things we’ve confirmed at Snopes so far: ⁃Trump was hit with a bullet in the ear (not glass from the

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

3 months

@meetmikehiggins We have another offer that is coming in soon => we showed it to someone else

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

3 months

@mikefutia I’ve been a publisher for nearly 20 years. It’s unfortunate to see the progression over that time of platforms losing respect for those of us creating the content. Google would be nothing without the open web.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

4 months

Here is the biggest secret to success in business. Spend less than you make. That’s it.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

7 months

Elon mentioned us again. Again, still not a fan. Even when we update our ratings to make Biden look bad some people still think we only protect the left. Oh well, you can’t win over everyone. We’ll just keep fact checking misinformation and updating as we learn more facts.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

3 months

@awilkinson @thesamparr @ShaanVP Andrew’s PDF on hiring CEO’s is super helpful. This was a question I’ve had for years and I had no idea where to even start until I read his breakdown on it.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

4 months

@MomAngtrades Sugar is the hardest drug to shake. I had no idea it was added to everything until I cut it out and started reading labels. Took a good 30 days for anger/cravings to go away. I feel better daily but miss the excitement of a great tasting treat so I still cheat sometimes.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@PaulGoodman24 It depends on how you are doing it. Moving to avoid state tax isn’t that much but going to Puerto Rico for example can be a game changer to build up so you can come back and have the best lifestyle in California. At least that’s what worked for me.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

5 months

Here is our response to FoxNews lying about us today.

snopes.com

@snopes

5 months

@FoxNews This is simply false. Snopes was not "pressured" by anyone to change a fact-check rating. Snopes updates reporting as new facts become available, regardless of how that information affects a presidential administration. After initially publishing this fact check

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

7 months

Today’s controversy that made us go viral? Was Biden wearing a hard hat backwards? We updated the rating to true. The hat’s brim was forward so it was originally marked as false, but the strap is reversed and needs to be behind your head to be worn correctly so we updated it.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@JuddLegum lol. I can assure you that sites such as Salon are not controlled by the CIA. @RobertKennedyJr

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@theallinpod @bgurley @allinsummit An inspirational speech that most would be afraid to make. I feel fortunate to have seen it in person. You could tell by the crowd’s reaction that it was the favorite of the event.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

4 months

@texasrunnerDFW I would say it depends on where you live. If they live in California in a major city then a nice 3-bedroom house in a good area can cost $2-3M. And at 50% tax bracket they are taking many years to come up with a down payment and spending most of their money on their mortgage,

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

5 months

@samhuckaby Committing code with an obvious scenario that would cause an infinite loop in production (but it worked fine on their local in the one scenario they tried)

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

We were in a high profile legal battle for 5+ years which cost us millions in legal bills. It was brutal. What made it even harder was that the media was completely against us at every turn no matter what we said, no matter how strong our proof was. Until today ...

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

3 months

@SMB_Attorney In my experience an SBA loan is not so easy to get. At least with trying to acquire digital businesses. We tried so many times over the years but in the end went with other types of bank loans or debt from small investment firms on each acquisition. Maybe it’s easier to get

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@Jason And he is quickly undoing that work. Why can’t he cut expenses to get to profitability rather than alienating the reddit community? He told TheVerge the users are just mad they aren’t going to keep getting something for free but he is the biggest one benefiting from the

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@PaulGoodman24 For sure. To me it was even more impactful than the savings from 50% tax in Cali to 4% in PR. It made it so we could acquire companies with debt that could pay themselves off which only worked with the lower tax rate. Now the return is much greater and really worth the effort.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

5 months

@StudentsforLife @snopes I don’t think we did. I think you missed the end of our article. “This raises a few logical questions. If the birth control pill is abortifacient because it causes the uterus lining to thin, are poor diets, smoking, cancer treatment, certain herbs, the fertility drug Clomid,

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

5 months

@SeanEcom 100%. It is the absolute worst. I used GA for 15+ years. It was the standard. I had all the stats there for all our websites. And now they just ruined it all. It’s shocking to me that Google could mess up so badly. They made me switch to a new far worse version without my

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

I was able to sit 3rd row to watch @RayDalio . Great event! @theallinpod

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@elonmusk @snopes @elonmusk We have updated the story and changed the rating to False to make it clear that Starlink was not used for communication to the missing submersible. We noted that OceanGate announced they were using Starlink while on expedition but that would of course not include the

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@PaulGoodman24 Great list. Number 10 was a game changer for us. It doesn’t have to be a bank in your city though. We were turned down by all the major banks and the local banks in SanDiego. Our first acquisition got done when we found a bank in SanFran that understood what we were doing.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

3 months

@scottyo21 A night nurse is a game changer. If you can both sleep at night then taking care of the baby during the day is easy (until they become a toddler)

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

10 months

@joseph_agins What’s your secret to hitting a perfect score?

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@dannypostmaa I don’t understand it all. Google Analytics has been the standard we’ve been relying on for 15+ years. Now they are forcing everyone to move to an unusable product. Ugh. Now we have to find another solution. @Chartbeat is great for realtime reporting. Good time for them to

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@realEstateTrent That might be true for real estate but LOI’s are very helpful with acquiring businesses. I’ve found the transaction goes much faster if you spend extra time on the LOI to make sure you are on the same page (ie: stock vs asset sale, earn-out, etc). Otherwise you may waste a lot

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

5 months

@JoelWBerry @SethDillon @SethDillon I got your email. It looks like Joel purposely cut out the context in his screenshot. Context was added on the Trump article as well. And here is a similar one about Biden from last week, also with "Correct Attribution" rating and the

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@shootingthemess @chantchantel I missed on the first read that you contributed to Chantel’s in-depth investigation. Great to see.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

4 months

@investing_law I’ve lived in Austin and San Diego. I’d definitely go with San Diego. La Jolla, Del Mar or PB depending on the vibe you are looking for.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@snopes Great reporting @chantchantel ! It is amazing to have a reporter do such an in-depth investigation on everything that has happened at Snopes over the years. The scandals in and around the company would make for a great movie.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

10 months

@anothercohen So disappointing. Mint is a great app to keep track of everything in one place (bank accounts, credit cards, investments, etc). What’s a good alternative?

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

4 months

@moizali I tell myself that turbulence is just speed bumps in the sky and the odds of an issue mid flight on commercial is basically zero. But I still have trouble believing myself sometimes so distraction is key. I have my ipad ready with good movies/shows.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 month

@jason_koebler Same thing happened to our @tvtropes website. We had to block them on our firewall to keep our website from going offline. AI companies continue to try and steal content quickly rather than pay publishers.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 month

This election has so many twists and turns. Joe Biden just dropped from the race and endorsed Kamala.

Biden Dropped Out of Presidential Race, Endorsed Kamala Harris?

www.snopes.com

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

Watching Elon live stream from his jet using new SpaceX system they are developing. Zero lag. Pretty impressive. I can’t wait to see these internet speeds on commercial flights.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

29 days

@patrickstox @ahrefs Oh wow. I’ll give it a shot. I haven’t had any visibility in our keywords in so many years since Google removed it from the referrer. We use to track it ourselves.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@elonmusk @Not_the_Bee @elonmusk , This article is highly misleading with no real research done. Snopes' employees are precluded from donating to any political groups. None of our employees are listed in the database mentioned and yet we were shown as the original featured image of the story.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

10 months

The news is out. We just sold Salon! This marks our second large exit. It was such an amazing journey with Salon. We acquired the brand for $5M in 2019. The company was on the verge of bankruptcy at that time. I’m happy to report that we did a complete turn around and the

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

4 years

It’s great to see our article highlighting the delays Puerto Ricans are seeing with receiving their stimulus checks getting some good attention. I’ve heard since then the Governor announced they are finally starting to distribute the money so we’ll see if it comes through.

Bernie Sanders

@BernieSanders

4 years

It is unacceptable that time and time again, our racist president has failed the people of Puerto Rico. Whether Trump likes it or not, the people of Puerto Rico are American citizens and we must do everything in our power to help them in this crisis.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

28 days

@patrickstox @ahrefs You’re the best. Thank you! I’m going to keep digging in.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

I just came across this gem. I feel like too many people try to overcomplicate everything in business. Keep it simple.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@realEstateTrent It doesn’t have to crash but can real estate prices at least come back down to reality?

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

9 months

Is it just me or does “independent” board members make zero sense? How can 4 random people cause the removal of the founders of the fastest growing tech company and not even consult the investors who put in billions of dollars? I was always afraid to bring on an investor as I

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

9 months

@griswold So good. Microsoft for the win!

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

10 months

@sweatystartup I’m trying to figure this out for an investment property I’m in escrow for right now. Once you do a cost seg and use bonus depreciation to take the deduction upfront, what can you offset? My CPA is saying it can only offset future rental income, not cap gains or even other

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

7 months

@Jason If they already watched all the x-men movies they could try the “The Gifted” tv series. It follows a related storyline from some of the same producers. Or could go another direction like the “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

11 months

Today’s Savings Account Rates: ⁃Bank of America: 0.01% ⁃WellsFargo: 0.15% ⁃Amex Savings: 4.3% ⁃Marcus: 4.4% ⁃T-bill Mutual Fund: 5%+ Are all savings accounts just arb’ing short term bonds from the government? Don’t let the banks take a large margin.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@alexkasprak @snopes We added blocks for Temu ads site wide on Snopes today after seeing the comments. Let us know if you still come across any Temu ads.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@elonmusk It looks like it requires your brand to subscribe to VerifiedOrganizations which costs $1K/month. So there is a risk if you don’t hit that amount then you’ll have to pay X instead of getting paid. One of our three brands did get VerifiedOrg for free so we’ll try it there.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@elonmusk @America1stLegal @snopes @DailyCaller @elonmusk He is no longer with Snopes but it looks like there was reason to be concerned.

Why Have So Many Daily Caller Writers Expressed White Supremacist Views?

www.snopes.com

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

10 months

@joseph_agins At 825. Highest I’ve gone is 832. I’m not sure how to get up to 850 though.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 month

@DavidBenAmber @snopes @ddale8 @CNN @AP @actblue We just covered it here.

Trump Shooter Once Donated Money to a Democratic Cause?

www.snopes.com

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

@chantchantel I know. So much going on. It needs to be a movie next.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

9 months

@TaraYarla @michellelegro @WIRED Yes. Go ahead and send your resume. As long as we find another editor soon as well to cover additions writers then we don’t have to wait on the writer roles.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

1 year

The debt ceiling situation seems like a disaster. Honest questions: Why are we waiting until the government completely runs of money to find a rushed solution? Why are we putting restrictions on food aid but increasing defense spending? Are we really going to just keep

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

11 months

Imagine you’ve maxed out your credit cards and don’t have the money to pay them down. Then your credit card company says don’t worry, you can spend unlimited on your credit cards for the next 2 years. That’s the US government right now. I don’t know how this doesn’t end badly.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

4 months

@BrandonMBlum That is a great perspective. I’m looking forward to your celebration.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

9 months

I’m glad this story had a happy ending. It was inspiring to see the whole company backing Sam for his return. ChatGPT is amazing. I find myself using it daily to help with work (ie: programming assistance, contract updates, whatever is needed that day really).

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

5 months

@adcock_brett What drives you to continue to work this hard after you are already successful?

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

6 months

@EndWokeness Your screenshot purposely hid the subheading

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

9 months

@Chidxnma @michellelegro @WIRED They are not location specific. Everyone works remote. Feel free to send over your resumé. We haven’t posted the new writer roles yet but we are open to them. The main issue is we need to make sure we get another editor as well to handle additional writers.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

2 months

@ashleymayer I’m shocked that got through the editors but it looks like they removed it.

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Chris Richmond

@itcdr

7 days

I’m seeing a lot of hate on this one with people saying a video exists. That’s true. And Biden was accurate when he said that Trump said there were “very fine people” on both sides. However, he leaves out the fact that Trump immediately followed up saying he doesn’t mean Nazi’s