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MLM Bot Watch 60: It takes a village to sink an island.

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acatcalledjohn · 11/05/2020 14:38

Continued chat exposing things such as the lies peddled and the bankruptcies hidden from view.

For those interested, the Lifetime channel is airing a documentary series called Cults & Extreme Belief. I have seen two episodes so far (FLDS, aired yesterday, and Twelve Tribes, aired last week). This coming Sunday is the first part of The Survivors Speak. So far it has been very interesting to see the similarities to MLM brainwashing. The way that active FLDS members still view Warren Jeffs as a prophet rather than a paedophile is remarkably similar to how Young Living customers view their late leader Gary Young.

In other news: I'm thinking about starting a tinfoil MLM as there seems to be a rather strong market amongst huns.

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CompleteBarstool · 30/05/2020 13:21

After lockdown there will will be a national shortage of these as the bots will be snapping them up to show off the results of their C9s

MLM Bot Watch 60: It takes a village to sink an island.
BSintolerant · 30/05/2020 14:56

@acatcalledjohn Grin Good idea! I thought they might be decorated with ordure de pigeon flappy.

Spongebobette · 30/05/2020 15:08

I’m starting an MLM called

Ordure Mist

Maranello4 · 30/05/2020 15:45

There’s a post on the MLM Facebook page that you can now report false MLM jobs under the jobs tab, under MLM and also that it’s not a real job. It doesn’t solve the ‘pm me for me details’ type of adverts but is good to see this being recognised as a problem.

9dartfinish2nd · 30/05/2020 17:10

If that is the case then any social media profile used for promoting Network Marketing should be fair game as well.

That would kill the industry stone dead.

YouokHun · 30/05/2020 17:52

I fell down the FB job reporting rabbit hole yesterday as did many others (and very satisfying it was too). Let’s hope it flags up in some way with the FB analysts (or whatever they are) and leads to a more appropriate set of choices for reporting what FB says is a violation of its policies on the personal pages.

Yes, imagine 9dart what FB bans for MLM posts would do to the industry and the sales of step ladders!

BSintolerant · 30/05/2020 18:21

@Spongebobette Grin Ordure Mist - I like it. Is it a perfume MLM?

I’d love to create an MLM perfume called Eau d’Ordure - The Runcorn-Widnes Edit. This fragrance evokes the stench of glue factories, oil refineries and sewage treatment plants. Picture a scam of wobbly bots posing in the shadow of a rickety stepladder - their hair and eyebrows wafting in the breeze passing over the River Mersey, carrying with it the stench of industrial strength lies, the sillage of which is pungent beyond measure. A flock of pigeons soars above them in the polluted skies, shedding their feathers and decorating the ladder with every silent wing beat.

Top notes: glue, nettles, and dried bone. Middle notes: dead rats, stagnant canals and cannabis harvested from a local roundabout. Base notes: live, laugh, love and vomit in an alleyway on the edge of an industrial estate.

Do you think it’s got legs? Grin

Spongebobette · 30/05/2020 18:34

It’s irresistible.

I think you should call it Gift, though, for the German market

9dartfinish2nd · 30/05/2020 18:38

I'd trademark that idea if i were you BS as FM World will probably have it in production by the end of the summer.

BSintolerant · 30/05/2020 20:16

I’ll get on to the Intellectual Property Office. @9dartfinish2nd

@Spongebobette Grin “Gift” might be popular with Russians too. I hear they like to make their door knobs smell sweet.

How about one which doubles up as eye drops? Barnard Castle: A Stink for Sore Eyes.

I think we should also have a perfume called “Invisible Cheque” which is fragrance free.

Norma27 · 30/05/2020 20:39

"invisible cheque" just killed me!

BSintolerant · 30/05/2020 20:46

Invisible Cheque will be the death of a few people - particularly bots! Wink

Spongebobette · 30/05/2020 20:53

‘Chequé Invisiblë’ looks classier

Bluewavescrashing · 30/05/2020 20:56

A gem of a FB post from Homeschool:

So this afternoon I witnessed something that will be forever in my memory...the baby pooping on the decking and the dogs eating it🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢

Spongebobette · 30/05/2020 20:58

Is that very clever shade casting

FOREVER .... POOP

BSintolerant · 30/05/2020 21:07

They’ve got this attraction marketing down to a fine art haven’t they? All we need now is for Yawn to say something similar about her husband getting caught short at the top of the stepladder when the dogs were circling below ... #ontrackforasnack

dickiedavisthunderthighs · 30/05/2020 21:30

Nurse has "popped on" to tell her VIP Diamonique group that they can win the C9 (that she bought to get her promotion) by commenting as much as possible on her shopping event. That's going to go well then.

Spongebobette · 30/05/2020 21:31

Is that a desperate attempt to get engagement on her page?

CodenameVillanelle · 30/05/2020 21:32

That's the third time she's tried to give that thing away!

YouokHun · 30/05/2020 22:09

Tonight’s Live from Homeschool has got it all; health claims for the product, income lies, some anti FLP stuff and news that she is her MLM’s top recruiter. Mr H very quick to correct himself and say it’s not his business. Mr H also very keen to put a positive spin on anti MLM commenters to say what a favour we’ve done them as so many people have come forward to say how “brave” she is. He says he agrees with us as they don’t want people to suffer in MLM either, and they won’t because this MLM is different! He’s really controlling the conversation and shuts her down when she almost names the company.

By the way, the people commenting on the Live also make an appearance in my “therapy/coaching” group; they pop on as if they’re current clients, to say how helpful they’re finding Mr H’s interventions and how they have better self esteem and won’t hold themselves back anymore and will take opportunities ...

Spongebobette · 30/05/2020 22:25

I’m afraid I couldn’t bear to watch the whole thing
Such a weird dynamic between them
She goes on about ppl in FL spending any income on products to make the CCs each month - she MUST HAVE KNOWN her downline were doing this!
Load of waffle about promotions blah blah blah

Miniwinnie · 30/05/2020 23:19

So yoga bot is now a grannie. To be fair, an amazing looking grannie.

BSintolerant · 30/05/2020 23:24

Brave? My arse! If Homeschool were brave she would have been honest about being bankrupt rather than waiting for other people to tell her downline on her behalf.

We’re more likely to find courage in the chicken cartilage in that Modere chocolate milkshake she’s trying to sell.

JaniceBattersby · 30/05/2020 23:51

What’s happened to The Village and The Island? Not seen mentioned for a while? Maybe the inhabitants killed each other in a bloody battle to the end.

BSintolerant · 31/05/2020 00:13

I’d pay good money to see that. My seat’s at the top of the stepladder - I’ve always wanted to be an umpire.

The Village is deserted as the MLMers had to return to their secret jobs in the city. There was an announcement about the island but I can’t remember what it said.

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