Posted by philipp-grunwald 543 days ago
Category: Content filtering | Tags: mlm direct-marketing scams business
Hi there,

I just made a category suggestion named sth. like "Multi-Level-Marketing" or maybe "Scams" as another user suggested. There is plenty of this annoying, potentially dangerous stuff out there, especially everything within "MARKETING" !! Or "Business"! Or better: "web business millionaire through affiliate marketing", I think this sums up the worst case! :D

I absolutely hate it, it get's on my nerves, this "retire and become millionare through home-business". Sample sites that I just saw recently and got me to write this:

http://wealthyasyouwant.com/ http://www.thehomebusinesspeople.com/ http://www.notmlm.com/

Bah!
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written by mamazitta 542 days ago - show/hide this comment Rating: -7 | Rate Comment: + -

written by Jonathan Yaniv 537 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

true..

written by OpenDNS User 535 days ago Rating: 2 | Rate Comment: + -

Mamazitta:

While I have no love for Ponzi schemers, the idea to intentionally miscategorize sites is ill advised. It dilutes any trust people might have in OpenDns and discourages it's use.

I don't expect it to be prefect - I do expect it not to be intentionally sabotaged.

written by snowdrift 528 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

So are you telling me I cannot become a self-made millionaire in 20 months?!?

written by mfinzel 480 days ago Rating: 1 | Rate Comment: + -

The problem I see with this category is, some companies would not consider themselves multi-level-marketing, or, it would be highly debatable whether that really is a ponzi scheme/scam. Seems like it would open up a can of worms of deciding the 'legitimacy' of a company's business. I don't think OpenDNS wants to get into that business...

written by pepe0001 408 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

I agree with mfinzel.

I would recommend that people use www.ripoffreport.com to check on sites if you suspect a business may be illegitimate.

written by philipp-grunwald 329 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

@mfinzel: It is not about "legitimacy", but about facts! Is this site about "affiliate marketing" / MLM or is it not? They won't/can't deny this, if they shout it out outloud, do they? My path of thought is in this way different of yours: No one said shopping or social networks are bad or illegal, still they've got their own category! :P Of course this stuff is not "illegal" and you can actually make three or four bucks, but that's not the issue. It is just, they are MLM and that's enough for most people, they just don't want it! (understandably)

@pepe0001: I don't want to "check on them" (even more time waste!), but just have them blocked!

written by iansloguy 453 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

Um... sounds like you just need to focus more on work and not on network marketing websites. I think people rarely get 'tricked' into going to a site and I know of none that are complete scams yielding you nothing and you giving them a bunch of money. The ladder would be ones own fault.

written by philipp-grunwald 329 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

Of course they are not "illegal" and you can actually make three or four bucks, but that's not the issue! ;)

It is just, yeah, they are "MLM"!

Because, no one said shopping or social networks are bad or illegal, still they've got their own category! :P

And of course one should just focus on work. ;)

But it is more that I somehow stumbled across this stuff as I searched sth. else, I don't know this now any more.

written by galaxie 445 days ago Rating: 1 | Rate Comment: + -

There must be a balance between too many categories and too few. Is it possible to add sub categories, allowing refined tagging and refined OpenDNS configuration?

I dislike tagging "Adware" and "advertising" when what I want to indicate is "BEWARE - fraudster".

For a home network broad categories are okay, but for large networks, broad categories need justifying where content is being blocked.

However, a category blocking fraudsters and scammers (including those claiming that their product is the only one that works and all the competition are rubbish), would seem to be a pretty good improvement, albeit a refinement not needed by home users.

So, turn on Adware, but turn off subcategory Fraudsters, turn on Advertising, but off Scammers (including ludicrous numbers of anti spyware software purveyors.) ... more precise categories would be useful.

written by billso 422 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

I agree, an MLM category would be useful. At the same token, an SEO category would be interesting.

written by philipp-grunwald 329 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

@galaxie: So right! Thanks.


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