MS and Inc.com Article
Apr 15, 2016, 10:08 am
#6
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,207
all you are doing by posting it here is generating a ton of traffic to the site that otherwise wouldn't have seen any, further validating to the writer that she wrote something worth writing. So by linking it here you just made it worse.
Apr 15, 2016, 11:23 am
#8
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 18
man you people are paranoid....
do you really think the credit card companies are so naiive that they are unaware what MS is and that it is done??? they have bigger fish to fry than worry about a small fraction of a percent of the population making a few bucks off them.
They post sign on bonuses KNOWING that a small percentage of the population will simply sign up, MS to get the bonus, and then close the card. if they cared that deeply they would ban ppl from frequently signing up (like chase has) but that makes them less competitive with the general population, risks vs benefits.
as long as the economy is good and there is money to lend, banks will offer signup bonuses for credit cards, checking accounts, etc. some people just need to have SOMETHING to worry about 24/7...
do you really think the credit card companies are so naiive that they are unaware what MS is and that it is done??? they have bigger fish to fry than worry about a small fraction of a percent of the population making a few bucks off them.
They post sign on bonuses KNOWING that a small percentage of the population will simply sign up, MS to get the bonus, and then close the card. if they cared that deeply they would ban ppl from frequently signing up (like chase has) but that makes them less competitive with the general population, risks vs benefits.
as long as the economy is good and there is money to lend, banks will offer signup bonuses for credit cards, checking accounts, etc. some people just need to have SOMETHING to worry about 24/7...
Apr 15, 2016, 12:01 pm
#9
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 116
Inc.com is the 788th most popular website in the US and the 1230th most popular website in the world ( http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/inc.com ). Any increased traffic from FT won't even be noticed.
Apr 15, 2016, 2:03 pm
#10
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 429
Wouldn't have traffic without a link on FT? Seriously?!?
Inc.com is the 788th most popular website in the US and the 1230th most popular website in the world ( http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/inc.com ). Any increased traffic from FT won't even be noticed.
Inc.com is the 788th most popular website in the US and the 1230th most popular website in the world ( http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/inc.com ). Any increased traffic from FT won't even be noticed.
Just spreading the word, no interest in giving her more traffic. But like you said, Inc. has a pretty big following (we get their magazine subscription), so it's already out there!
Apr 15, 2016, 4:47 pm
#11
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Posts: 3,256
man you people are paranoid....
do you really think the credit card companies are so naiive that they are unaware what MS is and that it is done??? they have bigger fish to fry than worry about a small fraction of a percent of the population making a few bucks off them.
They post sign on bonuses KNOWING that a small percentage of the population will simply sign up, MS to get the bonus, and then close the card. if they cared that deeply they would ban ppl from frequently signing up (like chase has) but that makes them less competitive with the general population, risks vs benefits.
as long as the economy is good and there is money to lend, banks will offer signup bonuses for credit cards, checking accounts, etc. some people just need to have SOMETHING to worry about 24/7...
do you really think the credit card companies are so naiive that they are unaware what MS is and that it is done??? they have bigger fish to fry than worry about a small fraction of a percent of the population making a few bucks off them.
They post sign on bonuses KNOWING that a small percentage of the population will simply sign up, MS to get the bonus, and then close the card. if they cared that deeply they would ban ppl from frequently signing up (like chase has) but that makes them less competitive with the general population, risks vs benefits.
as long as the economy is good and there is money to lend, banks will offer signup bonuses for credit cards, checking accounts, etc. some people just need to have SOMETHING to worry about 24/7...
The more attention that any of this gets, to sooner the banks and airlines and other parties (who are ultimately funding us) notice, or are moved to respond to cut their losses by moving to close it down or at very least make it harder. The more attention things get, the more that clueless noobs without a lick of common sense swarm the existing exploits, which brings both more attention from the banks and makes their losses even more obvious (and action to stem those losses more urgent). The more that people keep their activities "below the radar", the longer things can run.
It's not a coincidence that lots of exposure inevitably leads to opportunities being shut down. It happens over and over again. Has for years. Has recently.
The companies funding all of this are not run by morons at every level. They take action when they feel they need to. When articles like this go mainstream, when bloggers openly mock them, when people boast online that they have been playing these companies for suckers and here's how you can too, that's when they move to close off opportunities. The death of nearly every opportunity over the past 12 months is a direct result of that.
Why would anyone expect this not to be the case?
Last edited by tcook052; Apr 16, 2016 at 12:06 am Reason: unhelpful comments
Apr 15, 2016, 11:48 pm
#12
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 335
man you people are paranoid....
do you really think the credit card companies are so naiive that they are unaware what MS is and that it is done??? they have bigger fish to fry than worry about a small fraction of a percent of the population making a few bucks off them.
They post sign on bonuses KNOWING that a small percentage of the population will simply sign up, MS to get the bonus, and then close the card. if they cared that deeply they would ban ppl from frequently signing up (like chase has) but that makes them less competitive with the general population, risks vs benefits.
as long as the economy is good and there is money to lend, banks will offer signup bonuses for credit cards, checking accounts, etc. some people just need to have SOMETHING to worry about 24/7...
do you really think the credit card companies are so naiive that they are unaware what MS is and that it is done??? they have bigger fish to fry than worry about a small fraction of a percent of the population making a few bucks off them.
They post sign on bonuses KNOWING that a small percentage of the population will simply sign up, MS to get the bonus, and then close the card. if they cared that deeply they would ban ppl from frequently signing up (like chase has) but that makes them less competitive with the general population, risks vs benefits.
as long as the economy is good and there is money to lend, banks will offer signup bonuses for credit cards, checking accounts, etc. some people just need to have SOMETHING to worry about 24/7...
Apr 16, 2016, 12:09 am
#13
Join Date: Sep 2015
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There are some very obvious, basic truths about this activity that many people fail (or refuse) to grasp:
The more attention that any of this gets, to sooner the banks and airlines and other parties (who are ultimately funding us) notice, or are moved to respond to cut their losses by moving to close it down or at very least make it harder. The more attention things get, the more that clueless noobs without a lick of common sense swarm the existing exploits, which brings both more attention from the banks and makes their losses even more obvious (and action to stem those losses more urgent). The more that people keep their activities "below the radar", the longer things can run.
It's not a coincidence that lots of exposure inevitably leads to opportunities being shut down. It happens over and over again. Has for years. Has recently.
The companies funding all of this are not run by morons at every level. They take action when they feel they need to. When articles like this go mainstream, when bloggers openly mock them, when people boast online that they have been playing these companies for suckers and here's how you can too, that's when they move to close off opportunities. The death of nearly every opportunity over the past 12 months is a direct result of that.
Why would anyone expect this not to be the case?
The more attention that any of this gets, to sooner the banks and airlines and other parties (who are ultimately funding us) notice, or are moved to respond to cut their losses by moving to close it down or at very least make it harder. The more attention things get, the more that clueless noobs without a lick of common sense swarm the existing exploits, which brings both more attention from the banks and makes their losses even more obvious (and action to stem those losses more urgent). The more that people keep their activities "below the radar", the longer things can run.
It's not a coincidence that lots of exposure inevitably leads to opportunities being shut down. It happens over and over again. Has for years. Has recently.
The companies funding all of this are not run by morons at every level. They take action when they feel they need to. When articles like this go mainstream, when bloggers openly mock them, when people boast online that they have been playing these companies for suckers and here's how you can too, that's when they move to close off opportunities. The death of nearly every opportunity over the past 12 months is a direct result of that.
Why would anyone expect this not to be the case?
Amen ^
Apr 16, 2016, 4:56 am
#14
Join Date: Jun 2014
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Posts: 672
Regardless of what she post, in this day and age, MS is not for everyone lol. Especially in 2016, MS is not for everyone. People who jump into it without doing their homework will get burned and will probably never do it again. The average unorganized joe can't MS. With avenues drying up, even some MS homers are finding it difficult to continue the same production. I personally don't even MS anymore. I used to a couple of years back but i've moved on. MS is probably one of the only avenues where you'll lose money and have no idea because you have to joggle 12 gift cards with the same amount lol. There are probably some gift cards in my basement with small amounts still on them. Im def not about to go down there and look through everyone of them.