Scribd - Revision history

Bananabot: Added archive URLs for 1 citation(s) using CRWCitationBot

2026-02-23T07:39:51Z

Added archive URLs for 1 citation(s) using CRWCitationBot

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	\|Website=https://www.scribd.com		\|Website=https://www.scribd.com
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	'''[[Wikipedia:Scribd\|Scribd Inc.]]''' is a digital document library founded in 2007 by Jared Friedman, [[wikipedia:Trip_Adler\|Trip Adler]], and [[wikipedia:Tikhon_Bernstam\|Tikhon Bernstam]]. It owns 3 of the biggest and oldest file and document hosting platforms on the internet: Scribd for documents, SlideShare and Everand.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/about</ref>		'''[[Wikipedia:Scribd\|Scribd Inc.]]''' is a digital document library founded in 2007 by Jared Friedman, [[wikipedia:Trip_Adler\|Trip Adler]], and [[wikipedia:Tikhon_Bernstam\|Tikhon Bernstam]]. It owns 3 of the biggest and oldest file and document hosting platforms on the internet: Scribd for documents, SlideShare and Everand.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/about ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260222001340/https://www.scribd.com/about Archived])</ref>

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==

Bythmusters: Copied info from infobox to cargo

2026-01-25T14:52:25Z

Copied info from infobox to cargo

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	{{~~InfoboxCompany~~		{{CompanyCargo
	\| ~~Name~~ = ~~{{PAGENAME}}~~		\|Description=
	\| ~~Type~~ = ~~Private~~		\|Founded=2007
	\| ~~Founded~~ = ~~2007~~		\|Industry=Cloud
	\| ~~Industry~~ = ~~Document hosting~~		\|Logo=Scribd.svg
	\| ~~Official~~ Website = https://www.scribd.com		\|ParentCompany=
	~~\| Logo = Scribd.svg~~		\|Type=Private
			\|Website=https://www.scribd.com
	}}		}}
	'''[[Wikipedia:Scribd\|Scribd Inc.]]''' is a digital document library founded in 2007 by Jared Friedman, [[wikipedia:Trip_Adler\|Trip Adler]], and [[wikipedia:Tikhon_Bernstam\|Tikhon Bernstam]]. It owns 3 of the biggest and oldest file and document hosting platforms on the internet: Scribd for documents, SlideShare and Everand.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/about</ref>		'''[[Wikipedia:Scribd\|Scribd Inc.]]''' is a digital document library founded in 2007 by Jared Friedman, [[wikipedia:Trip_Adler\|Trip Adler]], and [[wikipedia:Tikhon_Bernstam\|Tikhon Bernstam]]. It owns 3 of the biggest and oldest file and document hosting platforms on the internet: Scribd for documents, SlideShare and Everand.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/about</ref>

Sferaphim: tiny expansion on opening paragraph.

2025-08-13T05:08:02Z

tiny expansion on opening paragraph.

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	\| Logo = Scribd.svg		\| Logo = Scribd.svg
	}}		}}
	'''[[Wikipedia:Scribd\|Scribd Inc.]]''' owns 3 of the biggest and oldest file and document hosting platforms on the internet: Scribd for documents, SlideShare and Everand.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/about</ref>		'''[[Wikipedia:Scribd\|Scribd Inc.]]''' is a digital document library founded in 2007 by Jared Friedman, [[wikipedia:Trip_Adler\|Trip Adler]], and [[wikipedia:Tikhon_Bernstam\|Tikhon Bernstam]]. It owns 3 of the biggest and oldest file and document hosting platforms on the internet: Scribd for documents, SlideShare and Everand.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/about</ref>

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==

Mr Pollo: adding company category

2025-03-04T00:03:30Z

adding company category

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	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}
			[[Category:Scribd]]

Mr Pollo: added template and headers

2025-02-20T20:49:40Z

added template and headers

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-Scribd Inc. owns 3 of the biggest and oldest file and document hosting platforms on the internet: Scribd for documents, SlideShare and Everand.
+{{Incomplete}}
 Scribd gatekeeps documents uploaded by their users, which Scribd does not own and did not create, behind a login wall.
 [[File:Scribd forced download.png|thumb|Scribd forces their free trial onto users who want to download documents]]
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 [[File:Scribd credit card page.png|thumb|Scribd free trial subscription page that tries to capture users' credit card information. Scribd practices a classic predatory scheme that relies on users forgetting to cancel and getting billed every month.]]
 This is a classic predatory "get your credit card details and hope you forget to cancel so they can charge you" scheme.

Ixus: Created page on Scribd with basic descriptions and screenshots of predatory free trial program

2025-02-18T06:20:15Z

Created page on Scribd with basic descriptions and screenshots of predatory free trial program

New page

Scribd Inc. owns 3 of the biggest and oldest file and document hosting platforms on the internet: Scribd for documents, SlideShare and Everand.

Scribd gatekeeps documents uploaded by their users, which Scribd does not own and did not create, behind a login wall.
[[File:Scribd forced download.png|thumb|Scribd forces their free trial onto users who want to download documents]]
Behind that login wall, they push their free trial which requires a credit card in order for a user to download. While they do offer an alternative of uploading 5 documents for a user to download their desired document for free, A) most users are there to download documents, the ratio of uploaders to downloaders is always going to be few-many and B) this option is written in small text and placed at the bottom of the page, implying Scribd's main goal is to push their free trial.
[[File:Scribd credit card page.png|thumb|Scribd free trial subscription page that tries to capture users' credit card information. Scribd practices a classic predatory scheme that relies on users forgetting to cancel and getting billed every month.]]
This is a classic predatory "get your credit card details and hope you forget to cancel so they can charge you" scheme.