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   Anon Opin (anon_opin@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 20:49:17 JST Anon Opin

   Award winning' companies - If you had to pay £5k for a table at the presentation event, and several hundred pounds a year to use the logo in your marketing, then you don't win the award, you bought it.

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     Security Writer :verified: :donor: (securitywriter@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 20:49:16 JST Security Writer :verified: :donor:

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     • Just Boby

     @boby_biq @anon_opin I used to work in at the pointy end of companies invited to these.

     What happens is a person or group of people invent an award or set of awards. Call or mail around a bunch of providers saying they’ve been shortlisted for said awards. Generate FOMO that their competitors are going and they’re not. Design some award logos. Get a Wordpress site. Charge 2-7k a table, and then per ticket. Take venue profit and food/drink service %. Get a glass piece of shit etched. Do awards. Now they’re established. Do the same next year. Profit.

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     13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 20:49:16 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

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     • Just Boby

     @SecurityWriter @boby_biq @anon_opin Yeah, I used to work for a company that ran an award award ceremony as part of the thing I worked on.

     The only point OP is wrong on is that the losers have to pay for tables, too. (Although they do get a nice "nominated" logo to put on their product packaging.)

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     Just Boby (boby_biq@toot.community)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 20:49:17 JST Just Boby

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     @anon_opin This, 1000000x and louder, please!! 🗣️