WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding

Re:WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – An... by notahacker on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @10:59AM (#2170663)

Or paying scammers to "prove" the bleeding obvious. I'm not sure that getting no replies to private messages (happens all the time on legit sites) is any better a standard of proof than 16 hot girls sending generic messages of interest in dating a horse (doesn't happen).

For all I know, one of the Nigerians in my spam folder really is sitting on piles of cash, but I don't think it would be good investigative journalism to give them small sums of money to test how many of them aren't lying.

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Re:WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – An... by noodle on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @11:12AM (#2170726)

CC chargeback.

for the average consumer, obviously, you would want to avoid it. for TC doing some journalism on a company they once supported and gave praise, PR, traffic, and the buzz to get funding, i would've expected a bit more.

but maybe thats just me.

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Re:WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – An... by noodle on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @01:40PM (#2171447)

since i can't edit anymore: instead of giving them money, go create a few more dummy accounts and see if the same thing happens to them. that would also be sufficient proof, imo

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