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    Image of Shadowlayer Shadowlayer
    11/26/09

    In reply to Scam-Brokering CEO Dissed His 'Bullshit' Ethics Class
    Seems pincus here has sent a whole bunch of "friends" to spam the place...
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    11/25/09

    In reply to Demonize the Homeless Long Enough and No One Will Notice You Moved Back Home
    I used to get upset at these folks and the kids claiming to sell candy for their basketball teams, until I realized something: There really has never been a point in history anyone begging has been honest about it. I mean outside of the Salvation Army, can anyone think of a street group that is regularly outside that does spend the money the way they claim to spend it?

    I think the only time I have ever felt 100% secure in knowing what I gave to someone was something they used/ate was when my mom made cheese sandwiches she'd give me to give to Bill, the neighborhood acid casualty who always told me "You're mom is a very nice person!"

    I miss Bill.
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    Image of JohntheCraptist JohntheCraptist
    11/25/09

    In reply to Demonize the Homeless Long Enough and No One Will Notice You Moved Back Home
    Does this mean we'll FINALLY be rid of these "NObody deserves to go HUNgry tonight!"-moaning jackbags? Particularly the morbidly obese 14-pack-a-day smoker outside the Starbucks in Union Square? Or the squirrelly weirdo in front of the other Starbucks on the other side of Union Square who gives tourists fake information about Union Square landmarks? His explanation of that digital clock thing above the old Virgin Megastore is so convoluted and also patently false that I can't even remember the details to relay them here.

    Okay actually? I'll kind of miss that one.
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    Image of joutfit joutfit
    11/25/09

    @JohntheCraptist: AAAAHHH what the fuck is with that guy's voice?? it scares the shit out of me every time i walk by. i've always assumed that it's one of those crazy artificial voiceboxes made for people with throat cancer, but i've never wanted to look directly at him to confirm this.
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    Image of JohntheCraptist JohntheCraptist
    11/26/09

    @joutfit: OH MY GOD THAT VOICE. It's like Satan ate Zuul and washed him down with broken glass or something. I CAN'T.
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    raincoaster promoted this comment JohntheCraptist was starred JohntheCraptist was unstarred
    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/24/09

    In reply to Demonize the Homeless Long Enough and No One Will Notice You Moved Back Home
    I only support freelance homeless, because as much of a pinko as I am, I'm more of an anarchist.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    11/24/09

    In reply to Demonize the Homeless Long Enough and No One Will Notice You Moved Back Home
    I know a girl who put herself through college shaking jugs so people would give her money. It's nothing new.
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    11/24/09

    In reply to Demonize the Homeless Long Enough and No One Will Notice You Moved Back Home
    Another weird thing about moving in with Mom and Dad is that whenever they call you, the call

    is coming

    from inside

    the house.
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    Image of Sergio Hernandez Sergio Hernandez
    11/24/09

    In reply to Demonize the Homeless Long Enough and No One Will Notice You Moved Back Home
    I used to feel bad for ignoring that jug guy outside the Starbucks on Spring Street...

    but then I remembered I'm an organ donor, which is basically a lifelong "good deed" credit anyway, right?
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    11/24/09

    In reply to Demonize the Homeless Long Enough and No One Will Notice You Moved Back Home
    Bowling for dolors.
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    Image of Magister Magister
    11/19/09

    In reply to Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads
    In the brick and mortar world, it's often been the state attorney generals or the FTC who first step up about misleading recurring charges scams (see Trilegiant or Joe Francis), but what may have slowed the appropriate actions in this case have been the online community's idea, Facebook should do the policing.

    I mean, whenever someone calls to sell me a recurring charges scam, I don't cry to the phone company.
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    Edited by Magister at 11/19/09 3:01 PM Magister was starred Magister was unstarred
    Image of PontiusPirate PontiusPirate
    11/19/09

    In reply to Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads
    I hear Farmville's customer service team has been offshored to Nigeria, where the locals are very adept at running these types of operations.
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    Image of katekate is squared katekate is squared
    11/19/09

    In reply to Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads
    Cue 10,000 "they were stupid for falling for it!" comments.
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    Image of rudi_freude rudi_freude
    11/19/09

    In reply to Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads
    So, is this going to go into Facebook: The Movie?
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    11/19/09

    In reply to Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads
    Here's the thing: even if it takes a certain amount of naivete/stupidity to fall for these scams? It's still the scammers who should be ashamed of themselves, not the people being scammed. The scammer committed an immoral act; the scammed at worst were stupid. It's not even the kind of stupidity that involves greed on the mark's part, like 419 scams; it's just a mistaken belief that people aren't quite as larcenous as the more skeptical of us know them to be.

    The fact that every time something on this topic is posted so many people leap to beat up on the people who were duped and not the people who took advantage of them makes me sad about the general state of people's values. Meanwhile, no one remarks on the stupidity of thieves who leave a blazing electronic trail straight back to the hideout. That, my friends, is seriously dumbass.
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    Image of Z und Vielpunkt's chick Z und Vielpunkt's chick
    11/19/09

    @MissNormaDesmond: I'd heart you again, if I could. It pisses me off that that's the reaction. Nobody deserves to be the victim of a scam, just like nobody deserves to be the victim of a crime.
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    11/19/09

    @MissNormaDesmond: I hugely agree, and that fucking attitude is not limited to e-trolls, either. You get grown men and women who are supposedly solid citizens saying "Well, you know, caveat emptor and all that." Fuck that noise. Caveat vendor. If you're going to con people, you deserve to be fined and publicly humiliated. The fact that you're conning the credulous or the dim makes it worse, not better - you're taking advantage of people who can't defend themselves for your own fiduciary benefit, which is evil by definition.
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    Image of colonelpanic colonelpanic
    11/19/09

    In reply to Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads
    A $5M class action on $200M/yr is a parking ticket, not a cause for concern among investors. If they can sleep at night already, this won' change that.
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    MissNormaDesmond promoted this comment Edited by colonelpanic at 11/19/09 1:20 PM colonelpanic was starred colonelpanic was unstarred
    Image of PontiusPirate PontiusPirate
    11/19/09

    @colonelpanic: Let's see, they've gotten around 54m in funding, their revenues are around 200m, and their profit is where? They have a bloated employee population and spend a crazy amount on marketing. When you're trying to go IPO, a 5-10m hit (maybe around the same time they go IPO) is definitely NOT a parking ticket.
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    Image of mommas-boy mommas-boy
    11/19/09

    In reply to Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads
    I'm not disputing the claims that this is one big scam, but after you received a bogus charge on your phone bill from an offer through Zynga, why the fuck would you then give them your debit card number? The type of people that get scammed like this are the reason frozen pizza directions say "Remove cardboard from pizza before cooking." They're the same ones who believe the e-mail saying they've won $10 million in the Nigerian lottery, and all they need to do is send their bank account info so that the cash can be transferred.
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    Z und Vielpunkt's chick promoted this comment mommas-boy was starred mommas-boy was unstarred
    Image of Z und Vielpunkt's chick Z und Vielpunkt's chick
    11/19/09

    @mommas-boy: The fact that the victims are gullible doesn't justify blatant violations of the law to take advantage of them.
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    Edited by Z und Vielpunkt's chick at 11/19/09 1:39 PM Z und Vielpunkt's chick was starred Z und Vielpunkt's chick was unstarred
    Image of mommas-boy mommas-boy
    11/19/09

    @Z und Vielpunkt's chick: I totally agree with you. That's why I stated at the beginning of my comment that I wasn't disputing the Plaintiffs' claims. This whole situation should have been remedied well before it got to the point of a lawsuit. But then you have people screaming about policing the internet. There's also the issue of Facebook's involvement. For the sake of their own business, they should not have allowed these kinds of activities to take place on their watch. Looks to me like they turned a blind eye to reap the profits.

    There's always going to be silly scams similar to this. I think there should be a government agency to which consumers can report scams like this. Well, at least one that will take these claims seriously and investigate them before people have to start suing to get a refund.
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