I admire him for thinking of it -- but it's basically a scam, the people paying him money receive no value that I can find. Still, it's highly voluntary, so I admire him for finding a way to separate suckers from their money.
There have been, of course, a million ripoffs, including free versions. This is one of those cases where you have to be first to make money, there's no money available to later players.
The article cites one of his advertisers as saying that they actually did get more click-throughs from their ad there than through some other means. An original gimmick that generates a lot of interest does offer some real value in terms of marketing.
Wish I'd thought of that. Nice way to generate retirement savings. (g)
Gawd, I never dreamed I would be more interested in getting $1 million to save for retirement so I could retire early and write full-time, instead of to spend on all sorts of Neat Stuff. *shakes head sadly*
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There have been, of course, a million ripoffs, including free versions. This is one of those cases where you have to be first to make money, there's no money available to later players.
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But it's only a scam the first time; after that it's a dumb also-ran idea. BUt he got there first.
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Gawd, I never dreamed I would be more interested in getting $1 million to save for retirement so I could retire early and write full-time, instead of to spend on all sorts of Neat Stuff. *shakes head sadly*
Chantal