Comments on: Facebook Must Be In Trouble http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/02/13/facebook-must-be-in-trouble/ Staying Out of the Cubicle: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Travel Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:45:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Forrest http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/02/13/facebook-must-be-in-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Forrest Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:59:00 +0000 http://nathanlustig.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/facebook-must-be-in-trouble/#comment-19 I just noticed some of those very ads on Facebook. I also just came across one that combines the Obama stuff with more sketchy offers: "Free Obama Macbook". (the link: http://www.chooseyourskin.com/macbook/index.php) Brilliant. However, reading through their terms and conditions briefly shows that there is in fact no such thing as a Free Obama Macbook.<br/><br/>You have to earn enough 'action points' first "..by clicking on a link provided on the CYS website." I see what they did there. The process: You sign up for a bunch of rando (potentially not free) offers. Free Obama Macs take the commission from these 3rd party sites because they referred you, and as long as you sign up for enough of these offers to get Free Obama Macs enough commission money, they <i>might</i> then send you a free Macbook. This is a rather interesting business model. I just noticed some of those very ads on Facebook. I also just came across one that combines the Obama stuff with more sketchy offers: “Free Obama Macbook”. (the link: http://www.chooseyourskin.com/macbook/index.php) Brilliant. However, reading through their terms and conditions briefly shows that there is in fact no such thing as a Free Obama Macbook.

You have to earn enough ‘action points’ first “..by clicking on a link provided on the CYS website.” I see what they did there. The process: You sign up for a bunch of rando (potentially not free) offers. Free Obama Macs take the commission from these 3rd party sites because they referred you, and as long as you sign up for enough of these offers to get Free Obama Macs enough commission money, they might then send you a free Macbook. This is a rather interesting business model.

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