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Posted Jan 1, '13 at 3:07am
theEPICgameKING
458 posts
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Ever read one of those "STOP AND SEND THIS TO 10 OTHER PEOPLE OR AN EVIL UNDEAD GIRL FROM HELL WILL KILL YOU SLOWLY" or whatever? How'd these get popular? How gullible must people be to believe in them? How many varieties are there?
And most importantly...ARE. THEY. REAL.
I say they're not real, because I've read over 20 such things and i'm still al-dahfjsahfhahfa,.............................................. HA, you thought that was me getting strangled at the keyboard eh? No, they're not real. They're not. Fun to read, but not real. Fiction.
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Posted Jan 1, '13 at 4:36am
PauseBreak
194 posts
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Your thread makes it sound like you are trying to convince yourself its not real.
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Posted Jan 1, '13 at 5:05am
IAgreeWithYou
376 posts
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HA, you thought that was me getting strangled at the keyboard eh?
Perpetrator: "Well I guess I just killed this guy. Oh look, he's writing a message. Let's post it for him because I'm a nice guy."
Also, if you want to find all these gullible people, it isn't really that hard.
Middle school.
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Posted Jan 1, '13 at 5:07am
knight_34
10,346 posts
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PauseBreak, I've never met you during my newly-revived AG life but I'd like to think your name somehow explains the blatantly obvious point of your post.
OP, are you talking to yourself? :D I thought this wasn't supposed to be a soliloquy.
Spam chain letters. It's a high-volume, low-yield gig I assume. My question is, do people actually make profit out of this garbage? Who is interested in such madness?
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Posted Jan 1, '13 at 5:59am
nichodemus
10,588 posts
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Internet trolls thrive on them I would expect. Hello Knight, I'm going to send you 4444 chain mails tonight.
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Posted Jan 1, '13 at 7:17am
pangtongshu
4,464 posts
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I've always wanted to make one..but not in the traditional "You will be visited by an evil witch tonight who will kill you". No..more in a "If you do not send this to 10 people then your mind will began to worry heavily about this to the point that it gives you a fair amount of stress, causing you to think about it more, which thus increases your stress levels..this happening continuously on a loop until you finally snap and fall into a nervous fit"
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Posted Jan 1, '13 at 10:49am
Salvidian
2,467 posts
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My question is, do people actually make profit out of this garbage? Who is interested in such madness?
My cousin does it on Facebook for a side-job. She makes good money. She posts them everywhere, then when a reader looks at them, they tend to click on her profile link to see if it's legit. On her (fake) Facebook page there are nothing but ads. It's a telemarketing ploy.
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Posted Jan 1, '13 at 12:49pm
xeano321
1,817 posts
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It's a telemarketing ploy.
I believe it's just a marketing ploy, or an advertising ploy, rather then telemarketing, considering Facebook has little to do with talking on the phone.
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Posted Jan 1, '13 at 1:22pm
Salvidian
2,467 posts
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I believe it's just a marketing ploy, or an advertising ploy, rather then telemarketing, considering Facebook has little to do with talking on the phone.
Whatever the technical term is. I guess it would be advertising.
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Posted Jan 2, '13 at 3:09pm
ironblade41
458 posts
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Interesting. I have an idea for your cousin, Sal:
DO NOT CLICK ON MY PROFILE
reverse psychology. Works every time.
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Posted Jan 3, '13 at 3:28am
pangtongshu
4,464 posts
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DO NOT CLICK ON MY PROFILE
I'll show you...
My cousin does it on Facebook for a side-job. She makes good money. She posts them everywhere, then when a reader looks at them, they tend to click on her profile link to see if it's legit. On her (fake) Facebook page there are nothing but ads. It's a telemarketing ploy.
How'd she get this job? I want it..
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