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Posted by Cosmin Ghiurau in 
Facebook recently shut down a Crispin Porter campaign for Burger King called Whopper Sacrifice but closed it down due to privacy issues. Which got me thinking about how Facebook allows Multi Level Marketing applications on their website!
Someone on Twitter followed me over the weekend and sent me an automated Direct Message to click a link to make money by only investing $6. So naturally, I was curious to see what this was all about. Low and behold it was your typical MLM scam on Facebook called “Chat To Text”.
No. I am not linking out to this application as I am not writing this post to make myself millions of dollars and retire to some tropical island while being the ‘early adopter’ of this MLM scam on Facebook.
What I want to highlight is the fact that of all applications MLM scams should NOT be allowed on Facebook. There already are a multitide of worthless applications and invitations that I get every day to install this application and that application. This is the biggest feedback that I get from those that I speak to about applications on Facebook, the fact that they hate all of the invitiations they are bombarded with on a daily basis.
When a clever and innovative way to create a sticky application comes along such as the Whopper Sacrifice campaign it gets shut down.
Facebook please do not allow MLM scams.
If Facebook does not allow it, it is fine. Why is it a scam though?
The Internet is riddled with worthless information which does little to better people lives. They are scams.
If CTT is in violation of FB and PayPal, so they will learn soon enough. But scam it is NOT unless the developers go on to swindle their members of their due earnings.
Chris
thanks for your feedback. I have had my share of being invited by friends to join their ‘business’ and at the end of the conversation they start drawing out the pyramid and promises of early retirement for a small investment…
though i tried these when I was 18 or 19 years old I’ve seen many other people have high hopes only to realize that their dreams were never fulfilled.
granted, i know for others MLM has worked, i am sure there are more that can atest that they have not had success than those that have with MLM.
I have never been a fan of MLM. bottom line.
Curious to hear feedback in 2-4 weeks on how your downline does for you!
I found that most people who attend the meetings do very little when they get home. Theres is nothing wrong with MLMs other than people are not required to do anything. If people were kicked out for inactivity it would have more exclusivity. In this business you need to find people who want to do it not who just you want to it. A pyrimid is defined by whether a individual can earn more the the person who invited him/her. If they can then its not and if they can’t then it is and should be shut down. Activities should be tracked just any other company and companies need to weed out non-performers, they just quit eventually and start negative websites.