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Re:WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – An... by redthrowaway on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @08:54AM (#2170210)
"I don't know what he received so I can't say."

Speak straight. Do you or do you not send automated messages or messages from fake accounts in an effort to entice visitors to sign up?

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Re:WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – An... by nicferrier on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @09:00AM (#2170232)
we do not.
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Re:WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – An... by qeorge on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @09:24AM (#2170305)
Bullshit.

http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/woome.png

Yeah, that's a "real" dater.

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Re:WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – An... by dolinsky on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @09:48AM (#2170377)
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2170185
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Re:WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – An... by nicferrier on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @09:27AM (#2170315)
that's not a message from a user.
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Re:WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – An... by tluyben2 on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @10:10AM (#2170471)
It however looks like a user and people will think it's a user. So it's a fake user.
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Re:WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – An... by tptacek on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @09:11AM (#2170260)
Are you aware of any process by which new users are sent automated messages from accounts, valid or not?
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Re:WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – An... by jorgeortiz85 on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @09:36AM (#2170343)
They might be paying commission to users that get other users to pay for membership. That would generate very bot-like behavior even if the users are "real".
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Re:WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – An... by redthrowaway on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @09:04AM (#2170239)
Is it your belief that the messages in question are genuine?
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