"Hey everyone, we're worried that our Hivepower is too little to support all of you and the people posting into our community, in an effort to grow it and to reward you with more rewards, we'll be starting a new initiative where we're asking people to give us up to 50% of their post rewards, which we then would take and lease more HP with it to reward you more! Of course since you guys are the ones funding this we would focus on the curation on the people giving us more of their post rewards."
The oldest trick in the book.
Create a problem, offer a solution, but charge a fee.
Dates back probably earlier than those travelling wild west snake oil salesman. They'd roll in to town, make a scene, everyone gathers around, they convince everyone they have a problem, that they didn't know they had before until it was explained, then they'd throw their money at the salesman, he'd hand them the solution (usually a ripoff), leave town.
I'm not going to comment on whether or not what they're doing is right or wrong. That kind of marketing always grinds my gears though. And if that's who I think you're talking about, that's a sleazeball.
Bidbot marketing did it, too. They'd claim it's IMPOSSIBLE to get noticed (created problem), then they'd place you on the trending page, but make you pay for it. Everyone knows it was sleazy. Nobody was even looking at the trending page once the damage was done. Total ripoff. And now they're gone.
It's dirty.
They even had posts saying "stop promoting Hive cause we can't support everyone right now", like, what the fuck is the thinking behind that.
And yep, I still barely look at the trending page today just cause of what the bid botting did to it way back.
That post you're talking about is creepy. Plus I've been looking around.
Stinks of cult. Asking members to distance themselves from family, in so many words. Making them all chant the same message. Asking them to hand over their personal possessions. Taking their money. Keep in mind they're also losing out on support they've gained on their own outside of the 'group', handing it over to him. The way he has them convinced, without him or the 'group', they cannot thrive. That's a power move. That's why people in cults rarely leave, plus they have nothing if they go. Wants to control who comes in. If you open the doors to anyone and allow them into your 'group', many of them haven't been preconditioned, which gives rise to dissenting voices which could potentially destroy the façade from within. Has some on the inside convinced those on the outside are enemies, out to harm the group, making them feel a sense of security and protection within the walls. Seems like the task is spinning articles and anyone who gets caught not spinning well enough is called a plagiarist, and they are disciplined in the open by enforcers. And in the end making them feel like it's all for a good cause. That's the Jim Jones playbook right there.
Damn man, I appreciate you taking a closer look, now go wash those eyes and take some forgetmenows.
I guess those would taste better than the koolaid those folks are about to be offered. Keep in mind that's all gathered from skimming the surface. I could be wrong. It could be all coincidence and they accidentally created some kind of a Jonestown experience where in many cases the seemingly disadvantaged targeted are actually, hired help.
Purely speculation. No way to know for sure...
Dude. I'm being dead serious right now. I didn't think it was that bad.
That's either a hoax; an elaborate reward farming scheme. A cult. Or a combination of the two. Or maybe I'm wrong. But it doesn't feel right. What the fuck is going on?
It's like a collective greed following the ruler on many chains in hopes of riches for recycled content without realizing they're all being used. Of course with a nice mix of sock accounts and people who have no idea what it is they're using.
Are there more minds studying this case? I see a lot of folks agree it's shady, but are people taking a good hard look? I'm concerned about the innocent ones.
I'm mostly targeting posts that have ph-fund beneficiary + ph accounts voted on (which they mostly always go hand in hand) aside from obvious plagiarism/sockpuppetry I happen to see. Guess some will need to learn the hard way why this isn't acceptable, dunno what else to do/how to help them realize.
I look at trending multiple times per day. Nice place some days.
But about that 'group'...
Systems that depend on gullible minds, a charismatic leader, and a name that brings joy; that's a cult.
Just sayin'
Trending page gives good content to downvote.
Maybe in big bold words you should mention, again, you're simply using curie as an example. I think some people are confused.
Yeah noticed someone misunderstood that in the comments just now.
Hmm. Hopefully that helps. If not, I think I know where to find a flashing "example" sign.
You just wanted me to add a banner to this post, isn't it
Actually I'm just sitting here chuckling at the stupid shit I do and say all over the place.
You know what they say
if you can't laugh at yourself...