Long time lurker here, not an ex-bot but someone who has seen a fair few friends & family members sucked into these god awful scams schemes. I wanted to post to vent more than anything else! Why oh why do people get so sucked in, to the point where they genuinely believe they're going to be a millionaire 'one day soon, just you watch'. To the point where they have to sell their souls, air their innermost private life moments just to keep up their bullshit brand? To hassle & annoy almost everyone they know to the point where people in their droves just roll their eyes at the mere mention of what they do? I don't get it. How can these top bots be so persuasive? So manipulative? The reason it has got to me so much is as follows. . .
One particular family member of mine is a prolific bot, posting on social media tens of times a day, all the usual gimmicks like working in the garden & including stupid, amateur, unprofessional and totally pointless IMO various videos of her doing this look, her trying out that look, her explaining her story blah blah blah. She has a history of MH issues. She was at a low ebb when she joined this MLM (younique) & really believes this company has saved her life. For fucking real. Anyway, she posted a video last week that i have just seen tonight. 'The real reason I joined this Company - be prepared to get emotional'. This was following on from at least 2 other videos where she talked about her depression, her other failed attempts at carving out a career in various industries, how she has found herself with this Company etc. What has really grinded my gears about this latest video, is she is putting down & badmouthing our family - 'we were working class (true, nothing wrong with that), we couldn't afford to have much, we had to go without, I've never got on with my dad, attempted suicide 3 times, and on it goes. . .interdispersed with crocodile tears & poor little me persona. Very little of the above is true. Very little. I say that as a close family member, we grew up together and shared a childhood.
The video ends by explaining that Younique has given her a new lease of life, it has saved her life, they are all her family now, she has something to live for etc. She finishes by saying 'you just watch, I will be a millionaire, I will be able to give my family absolutely everything, they won't want for a single thing, and it will all be because of this company.'
There are now many, many comments on this video saying how much they feel for her, how much of an inspiration she is, how amazing she is to have come this far, 'you can do it'. Plus a few people have shared the video with their networks, so lots have seen it.
I'm so, irrationally angry and cross. But I also feel desperately sorry for her, because surely this isn't going to give her the riches she so desperately wants? I just want someone to give her a good talking to and persuade her to do something else with her life, and time. Will she really become as wealthy as she is hoping by doing this? She reckons she has been with Younique since the very beginning, and has about 250 people in her 'downline' (not sure if thats significant). Her next promotion will see her being two places away from the 'top of the company'. I don't want to be overly negative but I just smell bullshit all over this.
Thanks for reading (if you got this far).