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

[acatcalledjohn]

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.

Perhaps the obvious downward trend is projected to continue and that is something they don’t want to share in the form of diminishing cheques. if the audience is seeing smaller cheques each year and also noticing that many are not getting them at all - that’s got to be sending the wrong message to even the particularly dense downlines hasn’t it?

Lockdown has offered the perfect opportunity to obscure the downward trend and change the way way things are presented.

I just wonder if FLP knows the writing is on the wall and wants to muddy the waters and do things differently from now on? The cheques are only good PR if lots of U.K. people are getting them and the numbers are not getting smaller in terms of amounts and the number of people actually getting them.

Others know far more about FLP than I do but in the U.K. there’s Bloodsucker who has diversified geographically and Uber who has, it would appear, been a bit more savvy buying property, but who else is there who is still getting six figure cheques in the U.K.? Not enough to make it feel like it’s really possible to do well for the people at the bottom?

have you heard of ringana?
a relative tries to sell me their stuff, apparently fredh organic skincare.

oh, relative claims it's not a pyramid, 'just' direct selling like tupperware. i.e. they do actually have products...

@bluefoxmug - sounds like a nasty skin disease...

Yawn is on Nurses FB Stories. She's an "ex-childminder who works 15 hours per week on my business and earned £1000 in retail profit in May"
15 hours a week my arse does she not realise we can all see her FB page????

Anyone spotted the post Yawn has done linking to an article by the Yorkshire Evening Post? So frustrating a proper paper would write that article.

That article is basically just a press release from HQ right? I assume they also want to capitalise on recent growth as much as individual reps.

It’s ‘promoted content’

In English, an advert

Woman’s Hour tomorrow morning at around 9.50am:

head of the DSA UK defending what she/the DSA erroneously calls “Direct Selling” with the criticism of MLM no doubt eloquently put by the chief of TLC (I’m not naming names here as a matter of course and I’m sure she’s one of you!).

Not to be missed. Eeek!

Thanks @YouokHun, the fabulous owner of Talented Ladies' Club and relentless crusader against pointy scammy 'biznis' opportunities is slated as a contributor- soooo excited!!!!!!!!!!

Brilliant!

Excellent! I will be popping on to listen.
The DSA is the equivalent of vampires regulating a blood bank.

@Botbrigade yes, that’s an advertorial. They cost a lot of money so I suspect that FL is getting desperate for new blood. I don’t think they’re cashing in on money made out of new recruits - that’s BS. They’re lying liars, who lie! (I like that phrase @Whiterangey) 😉

I get that papers need an income but writing something in the style of a real article is misleading. Yawn certainly (obviously!) didn’t make it clear it’s basically an ad and I didn’t clock it so who else will think it’s genuine? Wrong of any paper to print it I still say.

Homeschool : we don't do hype or BS here.

Also Homeschool :

Insane growth
Sisterhood
29 promotions
Killing it

Etc etc

Mr Castle has got a new J.O.B. And gone back to work according to Castle’s insta. Guess someone has to pay for the home gym and home improvements.

Mr Castle is a key worker.

Right, off to listen to the DSA being put in its place on Woman’s Hour. 😊

@Botbrigade I agree. It really wasn't clear. I only thought it seemed like a press release because everything was worded as from people linked to FL with nothing in the journalists voice. Magazine usually have a big 'in association with x' label on their advertorials but I didn't notice that in this instance.

Listening to Women's Hour just now. Who is 'Claire'?

It took the hunbot SIX MONTHS to make the £200 back.

Hang on -
DSA Woman “this is a great opportunity for people who are furloughed to top up income”

But also

“We decided to tell our members not to actively recruit during the pandemic”

You can’t have it both fucking ways.

Very well done TLC/Hannah! Some great points made. Looking forward to hearing about your follow up with DSA representative, Susannah.

Good effort Hannah. Especially loved the calling out of the FLP rogues.

If you search the women’s hour hashtag on twitter you will find the MLM Clare is from. It’s one I’ve not heard of.

Took all of sixty seconds for the pyramid structure to be compared to the corporate structure of the BBC.