Re:Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet
by daphneokeefe on Friday December 27, 2013 @04:38PM
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The poor-quality web design is by intent. Users think they are dealing with a small business trying to sell its merchandise online without a fancy web team. It's like con artists who dress poorly to look like their mark. More credible.
Re:Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet
by domdip on Friday December 27, 2013 @05:06PM
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Alternatively, the poor quality ensures that only rubes will click through. Why PPC for people who are going to be skeptical anyway?
Re:Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet
by exo762 on Friday December 27, 2013 @04:20PM
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Why bother with victims smart enough to fight back later, if you can have poorest of souls, incapable of reasoning that behind shoddy website might be a shoddy business?
Re:Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet
by 67726e on Friday December 27, 2013 @04:34PM
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That is supposedly among the reasons for those 419 scams and the like to use shoddy writing and stories. You want to eliminate those that can fight back. A bit like mugging the little old lady instead of the 6'5" bodybuilder.
It also reminds me a bit of insects that evolved to be flashy to demonstrate that they are poisonous. The sort of reverse camouflage stops all but the most foolish predators from partaking.
There's nothing "genius" about ripping people off over and over again, it just takes a high degree of disrespect for your fellow man. That and, jesus, if you're going to make your living as a scam artist at least hire a web designer that doesn't make every one of your websites look so obviously shoddy and awful.