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ryan fae @ryan.staticnoi.se

sometimes you look at a publication's Wikipedia article and it's written oddly like marketing and then you look at the edit history and a user with the same name as the publication's "Head of Digital" has contributed large portions looking at you, @kyivpost.com. conflict of interest much?

a collage. on the top is the linkedin page for Dmitriy Vakulyuk, Head of Digital at the Kyiv Post. on the bottom is a wikipedia edit to the Kyiv Post article by user
aug 18, 2025, 11:55 pm • 130 21

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ryan fae @ryan.staticnoi.se

@wikipedia editors: WP:COI @everyone else: the Kyiv Post flaunts awards it got pre-2021, after which its staff left for the @kyivindependent.com, which is the actually reputable publication you wouldn't know that info unless you read down because an innocuous Kyiv IP removed it from the intro graf

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aug 19, 2025, 12:03 am • 23 2 • view
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best

I'm shocked, shocked! *glances at Jason Jay Smart* Well, not that shocked.

aug 19, 2025, 12:06 am • 5 0 • view