>>24587

Bulgarian Mafia - half joke / half real.

BI did a hit piece on them in 2016 that's not completely comped:

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-men-behind-zero-hedge-have-been-unmasked-2016-4?op=1

The comment section there from 2008-2012 was the greatest in the history of the internets.

It was the gateway drug to /pol/ for me.

>>24597

>>24598

Million$Bonus was a legend.

Best shitposter of all time.

>>24603

>business insider

I hear ya.

But the Story of Igor they did on ZH wasn't that far off the mark according to my own eyes/memory and that of ZH comment vets.

Comped blind squirrel and the acorn or something like that.

>>24620

The real changes started in the early 10's when they went to the pay-for-play guest post model.

The Snyder chicken little articles started stinking up the joint.

Still damages their rep to this day as most people that criticize ZH rarely point to the in-house stuff for examples.

It's always the guest articles.

Now the comment section changes is a whole other story that could fill up a whole bread and I'm not even the best person to write those up.