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more about #businessmodels more comments → raincoaster: Well, this is how all technologically advanced things monetize; they wait for the morans to clue in (thanks Oprah and Aplusk!) and then the scammers t... more » MissNormaDesmond: It's interesting to me that most of the people commenting here seem to feel that it's more shameful to be naive than to be someone who exploits others... more » simplicissimus: Echoing a comment on the TC article, and from my own experience, clicking yr naive way thru the entire IQ Test game, and then getting stuck with a $15... more » lionel-mandrake: Are your readers not smart enough to figure out that statements like "Complete This Quiz And Win A FREE Plasma TV!!!" aren't on-the-level? #facebook more » ConAir34: After I read this I had to call my wife to make sure she wasn't doing any of these things. I personally recognize a scam pretty fast but she is still... more » Mo MoDo: So what you are saying is that Farmville is built on a toxic waste dump. #facebook more » hoffman.kate: Having never, ever been stupid enough to fall for any kind of a scam, let me remind the world of one important thing: You can't get something for NOTH... more » goetz: Well now I'll definitely be sure to quit playing Evony, just as soon as I see some fucking tits somewhere. #facebook more » Island of Misfit Toys: Yeah, I hate to say that I was desperate enough for Farmville Cash that I took the stupid IQ test. When they wanted me to type in my cell phone numbe... more » PontiusPirate: I'll wager that Mark Pincus draws inspiration from the Evony ad campaign. #facebook more » themediatrix: There is a similar phishing-scam underway using YouTube clips. Segments from a popular show -- say Project Runway -- are posted on YouTube along with... more » Anto103: And to think, I've just started playing Mafia Wars. #facebook more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: That's it. I'm quitting Mafia Wars. #facebook more » SteelCut: This is nothing new. All the quiz and gift apps on FB are making money hand over fist this way. You should look into some of the smaller companies. Zy... more » DahlELama: Well, if it wasn't for those IQ test wizards, I wouldn't be able to waste my entire day completing such important tasks as "Violently Break Up a Campa... more » -
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The Secret Shame of Social Networking: How Silicon Valley Got Hooked on Scammers
Silicon Valley pundits like to talk about social media as a potential geyser of cash. What they leave out is that one of the only ways social networks like Facebook, MySpace have done that is joining league with online scammers. More » -
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Selling Your Tweets to the Enemy
Tech bloggers are in a tizzy over the prospect of tech giants Google or Microsoft getting real-time access to the thoughts of Twitterers, but Valleywag has learned that cash-hungry Twitter is already selling access to its "firehose" of data. More » -
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How eBay Surrendered Its 'Religion'
Here's an extraordinary video of eBay CEO John Donahoe bragging about how the company has sidelined what was once a core competency: Online auctions. Why solve a hard business problem when you can run away from it? More » -
#moguls
Mark Zuckerberg Rolling in Cash If Not Profits
What advertising depression? Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook is cash flow positive a year ahead of schedule, hitting 300 million users and growing ad sales. Great. Now the social network needs to achieve actual profit, and ditch its beloved funny numbers. -
#businessmodels
Twitter's 'Cyber Ghetto'
Without a clear reason for being, Twitter is about to flail its way into a "cyber-ghetto" for the aimless, alongside second-tier social network MySpace. At least that's the argument of a provocative post from Cody Brown, NYU's new-media wunderkind. More » -
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Facebook Does Not Want to Get You Laid
Facebook has long been the wet blanket of social networks. Its latest bucket of cold water: No more searching for people by relationship status. Because then you might conceivably get laid, and we can't have that. More » -
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How Crowdsourced Porn Failed
Zivity, the much-ballyhooed site where you can buy pictures from amateur models, is stripping itself of most assets and employees. Appropriate, in a way, but if amateur moviemaking and journalism can work, why not user-generated porn? Some clues: More » -
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New Twitter Ad System Tested by New York Times Reporter
How will Twitter ramp its revenue from nothing to $21 million a month in less than two years, as its managers forecast? Maybe by simply monitoring what you tweet about, and then targeting ads at you. More » -
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Twitter Dreams of Being a Cash Machine, Leaked Docs Reveal
For three years, Twitter made no money. But the microblogging company will supposedly be taking in more than $1 million per month by the end of this year and twenty times that much in 2010. Ah, the miracle of spreadsheets. More » -
#advertising
Twitter Loses Revenue Virginity
There was something innocent and pure about Twitter's total lack of income. But don't worry, the microblogging startup's first advertisements are sufficiently adorable. More »
