MLM Bot Watch 22 - Powered by Yazoo: Tragicomic cultic wampum flogging scamalangadingdongs like Forever Living, Ariix, Herbalife, Younique, Juiceplus, LifeTreeWorld

[LeafTreeRaker]

Still going strong here at bot watch HQ on MN!

Previous thread here

Botwatch on Wordpress and on Facebook

Timeless Vie on Wordpress and on Facebook

Eyespeying's Blog aka #manhun, even if he's been banned by MNHQ

Hommetepreneur on Facebook

We have our own regularly returning bots.

Glossary:

Bots: our affectionate name for victims of the MLM racket

MLM: Multi-level Marketing schemes - essentially pyramid schemes that are just legal because you sell a product. Reliant upon constant recruitment despite there not being enough people in the world to go beyond about 12 levels if everyone recruited 6.

Downline/Upline: the people you recruited and those who recruited you (going up and down the pyramid inverted funnel)

Timeless Vie: Parody of MLM schemes (though you might spot one in particular) that also carries out fearless investigative work

Hommetrepreneur: also excellent parody site focussing on the menz

BotWatch: Rather more serious, keeps an eye on what the Bots are claiming next, particularly in reference to health and income claims. Also fearless.

Inverted Funnel: Timeless Vie is NOT a pyramid - it's an inverted Funnel, OK?

Eyes: Our former member Eyespying who knows LOTS about MLM schemes. He's still our very own #manhun.

Great idea! Although How about awareness week? Give people time to catch up 😉

We could prepare for it, give it a date beginning this friday or something? Working across the board with all our contacts, mumsnetters, supporters etc... Thoughts? It could be an annual thing?

I like it Mrshumblepants.

great idea!

I like the idea. I think all posts should use the same hashtag so we can watch the spread otherwise it will be hard to judge any effects it may have. Ideas for the hashtag to use? I think it should be a pretty clear, broad term rather than any phrase which only makes sense if you follow this thread.

First I think TV and botwatch should set and agree on a specific date that works... Toobusy? What do you think?

As for hashtags... Hmmm, thats a good idea!

It could just be something basic like

#mlmawareness2016
#MLMaware16

Or something like that?

Or something a bit catchier...

#youlookokhun 😁

All the Ariix bots seems to be eeeeking today about some new online training thing that's called #schoolofsuccess that they all watched last night. #whenyouknowyouknow, apparently.

#seedofdoubt
#MLMrescue
#notabiz
#notabusiness

zoom. Shouldnt that be

#thisshitdoesNOTlookOKhunx

I like #mlmrescue 😊

#beckywiththegoodscam

#cultofhuns

#mlmtakedown16

#Makeitdontfakeit

Love the hashtag idea

#mlmrescue gets my vote

That schoolofsuccess hashtag is all over FB with some nice juicy memes

Ugh... Einstein? One of the worlds greatest minds? Pretty sure he would have senn through the scummy mlms! 😡

This is one of the most ridiculous memes I have seen regarding Einstein and MLM quotes.

Oh ma gerd....

Oh my god that makes no sense at all

...Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters....

Albert Einstein

I like #mlmaware

I think we need to avoid anything too pisstakey that will immediately make bots defensive. We want them to read our links, not dig their heels in.

Well apparently this special training webinar told the 500 participants " how to unlock your potential in your sub conscious mind "

Which is nice