Parasite Mining LiveJournal for Marketing Purposes

Livejournal has a problem. Is this what “affiliate” links leads to?
How do you feel about the issue.?
Was this an example of exploitation or not?

I’m stunned and saddened to make this post. How would you feel if you found out that one of us had created a whole business based on mining this community for marketing purposes, trying to glide under our spammer radar, and was bragging about to other marketers? It’s like watching a teen movie where the jock pretends to make friends with the shy girl on a secret bet with his buddies, and gloats about how he’s pulling one over on the gullible target.

Read this: Google, We Don’t Need No Stinking Google! (June 11, 2007)
And this: Stumbling into Opportunity (June 15, 2007)
And this: Have a Unique Selling Proposition (June 19, 2007) -> Continue reading

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