To delete friend who has joined an MLM

[lastqueenofscotland]

A lady I know from work has joined an MLM selling some sort of laxative coffee.
Her FB and instagram are covered in posts for it and about her promotions/trying to get a car etc etc.
She very much fits the profile of people they poach, she’s a SAHM and it’s been a squeeze of late for her.

I think MLMs are poisonous and I hate seeing her posts flogging this nonsense.
AIBU to remove her from my friend list

Well im just saying in response to the original question that if your friend was banging on about a certain product, without any other personal posts or just enjoying life, then yes I would put ur friend to snooze for 30 days if it wasnt something i was interested in. But if i was then i would support her. Woman shd support each other. Ps. I do know my market just think that, if as a lady said, the post will stop after a year once they have come to their senses, then why delete her? I have to ask do u ladies feel these ladies are losing money? Plus why u feel to lose weight and water u have to poo. What about eating less and moving more?

Snooze her and DO NOT follow her special MLM page. I have sooo many friends snoozed due to this!

Well Boptist everyone is entitled to an opinion

I am in the beauty business. I am plaqued with emails that start 'Hi hun'. I am not a hun I am business owner, with little time or patience for shit over priced silicone based make up. There was a great documentary on these MLNs. These poor people lose lots of friends (and money) definitely snooze her until she comes to her senses. Try to ignore the bit where you are made to feel there is something wrong with you for not buying into it. I love all my clients but I have one who decided I must be selling MLN when I mentioned I have another job. Didn't bother to correct her that I freelance for a global publisher.....which definitely doesn't involve selling an over priced aromatherapy oil which means I'll never have to take my medication ever again (yes really, I've had this pitch).

Me and my friends agreed it was acceptable to disown each other if we ever took up a MLM.

Woman shd support each other

Why? Why do you think that?

I don't support people because they have a vagina. There is a lot more to it when I make my choices.

Some women are bitches. Some women are thrives. Some women are violent. Some women try to get you to part with your hard earned cash as part of some hair brained MLM scheme. I don't support that.

Shes a SAHM but you know her from work?

Take a look in the mirror. If that was a dig at my size. I am aware i have a lot of work to do

Paranoid much??? How on earth would anyone know what size you are from one post.

Well im just saying in response to the original question that if your friend was banging on about a certain product, without any other personal posts or just enjoying life, then yes I would put ur friend to snooze for 30 days

Ah, do you not realise that it’s not only MLMers who know about the ‘trick’ of having a roster of topics for Facebook statuses each day/week? You know:

One about any random shit to promote engagement: ‘what’s the best shop for school shoes? Anyone?’
One ‘fun’ question: ‘if you could be any Disney character which would you be?’
One ‘offer’: ‘I have two spaces on my team this month, comment below ASAP if you want to join! Limited space!’
One ‘inspirational lifestyle’: ‘OMG look, I just paid for my coffee with my earnings!’

And so forth.

So you know full well if this lady has gone full hunbot she’ll be posting about other things than the product. Try again?

Paranoid much??? How on earth would anyone know what size you are from one post.

A sad indictment of the lack of brain power it takes to fall for an MLM.

So as not to offend friends, I just unfollow them.

Laxative coffee WTF 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Seriously, WTAF 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

YANBU. Although be there for her in a year or so when she's lost hundreds of pounds (money, not weight) and realises what a twit she's been.

Shes a SAHM but you know her from work? hmm

OP could be her hairdresser or work in the nursery or corner shop or something. That's how I read it.

@CrystalShark you’re so right. I run an anti MLM group and we get sent the scripts the whole time by corporate employees of MLM who don’t like what they see. We can see from this kind of intel that MLMs absolutely encourage the Lies that hook people in to debt and social misery. It’s really sad to see friends fall for it. I’ve been studying these dishonest schemes for a long time and can spot an MLM post straight away.

Seriously insult me. Not nice no matter who u are. Saying that how can someone know my size from a single post with one hand. Fair enough but to say things about my intelligence is just insulting.

@CoffeeQueenOfHerts

You ok hun?

@CoffeeQueenOfHerts does the coffee actually work though?

I mean, Avon products smell nice I my bath, on my skin, feel good on my face. The problem with these MLM's is the misinformation and the tactics used. I mean, if some of the ones on my FB were calmer, I might not have felt like they're trying too hard to sell amaaaaazing products.

I'm receiving about 3 requests a week to join my SIL's selling page (not coffee). I'm not interested in the slightest in the stuff she sells mainly because I work somewhere that sells similar items and can get them half price! I've looked at her page and she is literally posting every hour every day and I can't be arsed with that littering up my Newsfeed. So I won't join and keep ignoring the requests and she will definitely say something next time I see her.

I would unfollow your friend so as not to offend.

That didn’t take long.

I fully believe you should support those who work hard to run their own businesses. That’s why I support each and every friend who does just that.

But not a single one who has an MLM ‘business’. They are businesses. They are predatory by nature and totally exploitative.

Woman shd support each other

No, women should not support other women who are flogging expensive MLM weight loss drinks that do literally nothing to help anyone lose weight and are a total con.

A friend of mine has been doing mlm for over 3 yrs and often posts about her marvellous life and how she’s been able to give up her job to do mlm full time etc.
The other day she posted that she’d been given some kind of award for being a top seller since she joined the mlm.
Someone posted congratulations and how great it was that she’d got to that level, and mentioned what that level meant in terms of sales for the company- actually detailing the amount. So I now know that in approx 3.5 yrs, she’s made the grand total of £7000 for that mlm company. God only knows how much she was actually paid for doing that, but I can’t imsgine it was much.

Hunbots

I wouldn’t question your intelligence @CoffeeQueenofHerts regarding signing up for an MLM scheme but I would question where your vulnerabilities lie. MLM targets people who are vulnerable to messages of ‘flexible working’ or ‘being a better mother through working from home’ or ‘unlimited earnings’ or ‘easy to start up biz in a box’. Other hook ins are about social support ‘be in a team’, ‘meet friends’ or ‘receive support for your dreams’. None of this is true in reality but it sounds attractive. The recruitment process is absolutely parallel with the techniques used in cults. This is why I hate MLM, because it targets vulnerabilities, chews people up and spits them out. I’ve seen some really shocking treatment of people just like you.