Do not sign up for Rippln, it's a piramid scheme (and not the next big thing).

Posted by aapje on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @03:05AM
from the ripplnmobile.com dept.

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Re:Do not sign up for Rippln, it's a piramid scheme (and not... by aapje on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @03:08AM (#5593708)

I've been getting invites from friends to sign up at http://www.startmyripple.com/

I couldn't find info on the company or it's team. After some more research I found a post on Yahoo about it. I think this guy did a pretty good job explaining the possible dangers when you sign up:

http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/rippln-investigation-...

Be warned.

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Re:Do not sign up for Rippln, it's a piramid scheme (and not... by djeenie on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @03:27AM (#5593767)

I received an invite as well. Not signing up for this. You have to sign an NDA and cannot remove your account if you want to. TechCrunch also has a post up: http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/22/what-not-to-do-in-your-star...

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Re:Do not sign up for Rippln, it's a piramid scheme (and not... by eclipticplane on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @03:20AM (#5593746)

I read their home page and still have no idea what the hell they are actually selling or doing.

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Re:Do not sign up for Rippln, it's a piramid scheme (and not... by yen223 on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @05:11AM (#5594058)

Obviously they do appification, gamification, and mobile! Actually I don't know what they do either.

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Re:Do not sign up for Rippln, it's a piramid scheme (and not... by aapje on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @03:24AM (#5593756)

Check out the Yahoo link I posted. Sums it all up.

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Re:Do not sign up for Rippln, it's a piramid scheme (and not... by smtddr on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @05:34AM (#5594142)

Look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7-nxxkjS0

I cannot imagine the human being that would watch this video and not have an overload of mental-alarms screaming "scam". I want to meet the people who fall for this. I want to know how they function in society day after day. They must see the world in a way that is beyond my comprehension.

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