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The former Demand “content creator” says the articles she wrote — selected from an algorithmically generated list — included “How to Wear a Sweater Vest” and “How to Massage a Dog That Is Emotionally Stressed.” She tells Corbin Hiar: “I was like, ‘I hope to God people don’t read my advice on how to make gin at home because they’ll probably poison themselves.'” || Read earlier stories about Demand Media.
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Ex-Demand Media staffer: ‘I was completely aware that I was writing crap’
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