MLM Botwatch 30 : A new thread (the 30th!) for people who are worried about relatives or friends who have turned into 'bots' by joining an MLM

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New Fred

My Arbonne bot has reposted this from an upli

Am I right in thinking that Arbonne don't actually buy you a car, they just take out a lease? And if you don't reach your targets you lose it?

Why are they all white?

There's something special about a white Merc apparently!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2973285-Friend-missed-my-wedding-as-her-GHD-broke?watched=1&msgid=70270340#70270340

Oh well spotted!!!

I really feel for that poor girl.

Just catching up on here as not posted for a while but I have been watching my boys closely. The nuskin one has been raving that if we jump on her business now we can work towards an amazing trip to Utah. Now why the actual fuck would I be aspiring to go to Utah? What is there apart from the HQ of brainwashing. I chuckle every time I see it mentioned. Well love I can think of many exciting places to aim for but Utah ain't one of them!

I've just discovered this thread (why have I never seen it before??) from the link above?

What's the threadiquette? What/who do I need to know? Shall I waste my day reading thread 29? I don't have FB, can I still join the fun?

Just had a friend on fb post about selling NuSkin products. Was instantly suspish. Is NuSkin a MLM? Does anyone have any info/resources on it? TIA

Ended up here via the GHD wedding thread. Anyone got a screen grab of the status about missing the wedding?

Hi everyone, happy 30th!! And welcome to the new people - of course you can join in.

The rules are the same as normal but they have been rather strictly enforced by forever living's lawyers! (It did get rather exciting at one point!) You can't name any names or include screenshots that have people's names in or where people are easily identifiable. So you just have to be a bit careful because they keep threatening to sue MN.

@Sarz2017 that's shocking!

we are on our 30th thread now, I joined on about thread 17 and lurked for a while. I came across the threads after googling MLM and Forever Living, because a friend had become a 'bot'; sudden transformation on FB with endless positive memes and claims about 6 fig incomes. After I gently asked her about the 'business' and pointed out some pitfalls she blocked me! Completely out of character but I now understand that bots are told to ignore/ block 'negheads' and only surround themselves with 'supportive' friends.
It is alarmingly cult like.
I know she's made no money as she's still working in her old job and none of the things she claimed would happen have actually happened, including winning 'incentive' trips etc
I think her mum buys stuff from her plus a couple of friends, out of guilt/ pity. Hardly a business empire.

PS I hate the way new recruits are told to create a 'dream board' and tell everyone about their 'why'

Culty culty

Can someone pm me who the ghd bot is please?

Welcome Wombling and all the others. More the merrier.

There's no real threadiquette other than taking appropriate care with regard to the fact that some of the firms involved in MLM have been known to be just a tad litigious and these threads have actually come under attack. So, in particular, no screenshots or posts which contain reference to identifiable people. (Libel laws etc.) Scrub things before you post them.

Also, it's probably not the best idea in the world to reference sending PMs as a 'way round this'. PMs are just user data held by MN. They're not sacrosanct for some reason.

Try having a read of some of the stuff in botwatchblog or Timeless Vie to start off with.

Oh - and watch if you get the time.

Checking in! I've been absent for over a month because I had to catch up on thread 29 from the end of May. And my oh my, I missed some good stuff! Stokeflatbotwholefthisgirlfriendforacoffeebotbutsplitupsoonafterandnowturningintoajoblessalcoholic is compelling watching. And Browbot missing someone's wedding over a hair dryer? That is a level of narcissistic that I cannot get over. I thought the angles of her selfies were a sign of narcissism, but she's outdone herself. It really is all about her and her smug self.

Time to catch up on this thread. The lyrics by @BSintolerant were fab as ever, and I got some ideas for a new one too.

Nice to be back

Good that you're back, acat.

I've found the GDH bot on FB. Now I can forget about it and do something useful.

You need FB on a PC, not phone or tablet. Search the key words "GDH wedding broke"
Look out for the brows

Oh, and the drinks bar in the corner of the room. With padding. Classy.

I have to say I felt rather blessed when I found this feather today. It's a sign from the angelic realm to say I should keep the faith and that my relatives in heaven are well and have crossed over in to the spirit realms.

Nothing to do with the fuckload of swans in that location.

Must have an angel card reading. I wonder who could do one for me...

#attractionmarketingfail #desperatetofindsomethingtobelievein

some of you will know exactly which bot I'm referring to...

Oh acat I do

But I can't despise that bot. She seems like a genuine person, just very gullible