why aren't all 10 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Opinion
Lemp: Facebook Is World's Largest Monopoly and Threatens Open Internet
“We have the largest monopoly in the world with Facebook, and they're you know, and they will destroy the open internet if we don't stop them”
Insight
Lemp: Running Clickbait Ads Degrades Long-Term User Clickability
“The more that you have those types of ads it actually loses your clickability.”
Assertion Partly supported
Lemp: Revcontent did $184 million in gross revenue in 2016
“So according to Inc, I mean, I can't share our current numbers, but according to Inc, we did a hundred and eighty four million last year.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lemp: Revcontent has been profitable since inception
“We've been profitable since the beginning.”
Disclosure
Lemp: RevContent Acquires Founder Talent and Technology Over Market Share
“We're not really interested in a market share type type plays anymore. So it's like you know, I'd rather just out innovate somebody that's you know, and then you know, and take their market. It's like the when we talk about you know, we talk about I would say …”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lemp: Revcontent's take rate is typically over 20%
“Yeah, I would say it's typically, I mean, it's over 20%,”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lemp: RevContent RPMs Rose After Removing Clickbait Ads
“We've you know, we've gotten rid of that type of content. You know, it's and as we got rid of it, our RPMs have continued to go up.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Latka: RevContent Processed $184M in 2017 Ad Spend, Taking 25%
“In 2017, RevContent processed one hundred eighty four million dollars of ad spend through its platform, collecting 25% of that as revenue.”
Disclosure
Lemp: RevContent is bootstrapped all the way
“Yeah, we're bootstrapped all the way.”
Assertion Supported
Lemp: RevContent powers recommendation widgets for Inc, Newsweek, and CBS
“So, you know, typically you know, we work with sites like Inc, Fast Company Newsweek, CBS and we you know, if you look at the end of an article, you'll see recommended articles.”