This app says 'yo' and has raised $1 million

Re:This app says 'yo' and has raised $1 million by FLUX-YOU on Wednesday June 18, 2014 @01:27PM (#7911347)

>Thus far, it has attracted over 50,000 users, who have sent about 4 million "yos."

You can buy likes and followers. Can you buy app downloads and usage? How much of your user specifics and metrics do you have to disclose to your funding sources?

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Re:This app says 'yo' and has raised $1 million by curmudgeon224 on Wednesday June 18, 2014 @01:45PM (#7911479)

Of course you can! Its called cost-per-install ads.

How else do you think Facebook has been growing their revenue so fast quarter over quarter?

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Re:This app says 'yo' and has raised $1 million by GFischer on Wednesday June 18, 2014 @02:13PM (#7911656)

With all the articles, I believe they might even have several thousand legitimate users which, like myself, just installed it to see wtf it is.

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