I'm making myself useful this evening in having a quick look at a website I've been offered to join.
I say "offered," it as an advertisment in the midst of a forum for a facebook application. Which application isn't important (although I'll be getting to those some other time), just that I found this advertisement: -
$GET PAID BY DOING WHAT YOU DO ON FACEBOOK$ !
1) Facebook makes over $8 million a MONTH from advertising alone.
2) Myspace makes almost $25 million
WE, the users, don't get any of this, even though WE are the ones making the pages, writing the blogs and uploading the pictures!
There's a brand new networking site which actually pays its members just to use it!
The site has all of the features of facebook, but here's the best bit, the more you use it, the more you get paid!
You think Facebook has everything you need- That's fine! I love facebook, Just give it a try by simply joining with this link:
http://f6l.com/social
Obviously, I was somewhat sceptical but feeling in a playful enough mood to give it a go.
As soon as I've clicked the link, I'm presented with a video of a casual-yet-smartly-dresed man who seems chipper enough to tel me what a wonderful opportunity this is, citing how unfair it is that I don't get paid for the advertisements facebook and myspace use.
So I figure that there's no harm and click register and stick in my details. for a start, this is clearly a new site because i got to have the personal URL I wanted. I end to go by "HearMeRoar" on the interwebs and usually it's already taken when I encounter bigger or older forums and websites.
So already I'm questioning how profitable a community it's going to be. Afterall, that's what I'm here for, right?
Firstly, I'm offered some deal for a holiday home which I just glossed over. I've seen these too many times to bother reading anymore. Though in the interests of fairness, it was offered by the folks at *checks* seasonsholidays.com.
Thankfully, I had the option to skip this and so I did.
And now the registry is complete. I'm presented with what appears to be a fairly intuitive screen, with a change to modify my profile...which I'll do in a moment. First though, it wants me to upload a picture. I pick a fairly recent one, of me looking (or attempting to) edgy with a cigarette hanging from my mouth. [Although I've just noticed that the flash banner at the top is somewhat annoying]
Now that that's done, it asks me if I want to invite any friends.
Methinks I'll skip that one unil I've decided if this is any good.
It asks me if I'm sure that I want to skip that step...
It's nice that they're so concerned about me losing out...isn't it?
They then present me with the following statement: -
Yuwie.com is registered through Go Daddy, Inc. Due to large amounts of spam complaints against Yuwie.com, we have agreed to be bound by GoDaddy.com's anti-spam policy.
A WARNING TO POTENTIAL SPAMMERS
Go Daddy does not tolerate the transmission of spam. We define spam as the sending of Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) or Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE), which is email sent to recipients as an advertisement or otherwise, without first obtaining prior confirmed consent to receive these communications from the sender. This can include, but is not limited to, the following:
- Email Messages
- Newsgroup postings
- Windows system messages
- Pop-up messages (aka "adware" or "spyware" messages)
- Instant messages (using AOL, MSN, Yahoo or other instant messenger programs)
- Online chat room advertisements
- Guestbook or Website Forum postings
Upon receipt of complaints, Go Daddy will investigate the situation. Once Go Daddy determines there is a problem with spam, Go Daddy will take the appropriate action to resolve the situation.
We will not allow our servers and services to be used for such purposes. In order to use our products and services, you must not only abide by all applicable laws and regulations, which include the Can-Spam Act of 2003, but you must also abide by Go Daddy's no spam policies.
Commercial advertising and/or bulk emails may only be sent to recipients who have already "opted-in" to receive messages from the sender specifically. They must include a legitimate return address and reply-to address, the sender's physical address, and an opt-out method in the footer of the email. Upon request by Go Daddy, conclusive proof of opt-in may be required for an email address.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT.
Yuwie, Inc. has agreed to these terms from Go Daddy so that we can keep Yuwie.com online for all the users who are not spamming.
*Sigh* Isn't this what the original mandatory terms and conditions page said?
I click on...
And at last it's over. I now have the whole of this website at my fingertips. Now is the time to try and find out if this is the social networking website the advertisement promised it would be.
First I take a quick look at my profile, which you can find here.
At first glance, there isn't much to do. I go loknig and find various categories at te top of the screen, offering me such things as groups, blogs, videos, etc.
I select groups and I'm presented with a list of groups on this site, ordered by newest to oldest. Immediatly I notice that all of these groups seem only interested in getting more friends, promising more cash by joining.
Is there anybody here who isn't just in it for the money? It doesn't appear so. However, there are varieties of groups to be found to the right and so I look under "fangroups."
This is what first appears: -
Hmmm...slim pickings it would seem, but I'll go with some of these. So I join up with a variety of clubs including "Sci fi club" "I want to be friend" "Naruto Fan" and "The boys in Red."
Once theseare all joined, I now have a groups screen populated with groups. It's not the most extravegant of pages but it's concise and simple, at least.
After looking at some the groups I find myself relieved to find that thre are some genuine groups in there...They're just not the first thing you see. I'm treated to some interesting messages on the Naruto group forum and I see a cool video about a real-life Sharingan.
So I'm a little happy. But what is there for me here that I can't get at facebook or myspace (not that I really use my myspace page anymore)?
Some searching may be required.
"Browse" allows me to look at the profiles of any person joined, as you'd expect. What's unlike facbook and more like a dating site, is that you can browse and filter by age, body type, waist, height, and marital status.
So have I misunderstood this site? Is it not as innocent as facebook is meant to be?
Let's find my perfect lass then and see what happens. Remember, this is in the interests of science...
The result was a depressing "No matches found." I even try more permeatations, becomming less and less picky each time...with no luck.
There's nobody home.
Oh well, the Browse feature was an abysmal failure. Let's try "Videos."
This time I get a variety of things. I've got some things which sound suspiciously like porn, full anime episodes and music videos, as well as articles on time travel, mind-numbing drivel from Britain's got talent and ahost of other gobshite. I doubt I'll be watching much of this...
Except for the anime...and the porn...
Moving on, we come to the "blogs" section.
Unlike the blogs section on myspace, this section show you a link to the blogs of everybody. They aren't sorted by category, only by when they were updated and the number of posts. You get the title of the blog next to a picture of the owner. It's a little voyeristic methinks.
A lot of these seem to be advertisements anyway, or promised ays to again "get more page views."
However, I became concerned when I found this entry.
| Taboo maybe?? Does Yuwie Work? | add to favorites | |
| Has anyone been paid yet? Anyone reading this is mainly here for that, but has anyone already financially benefited? We're encouraged to refer people to make profit, but "word is bond" and credibility is important to me, I imagine a lot of you too. So if you could help, I would really like genuine "testimonials" that this works. By this I mean people who have already benefited. Before I go telling all my friends about this I want to make sure I'm not lying... Thanks, Juan L.A. | ||
A good question Juan. It then occured to me that I had not once yet been asked to provide details of where my promisedcash would go. I needed to check this.
After a few minutes I easily find the required tab on my contro lpanel and I have the whole thing set up to paypal me my money, which is rather useful. It means I don't have to worry over giving out my address.
Sadly though, that seemed to be all there was to this site. It's worth it for free animes, especally whilst the society remains so small (and likely will because folks are scepticle as to the "generosity" of this site) so there's a chance it wont be removed for a while.
There are some good groups and joining really doesn't take any hassle from you.
My verdict: -
It's worth a look and joining up if you've got some time and nothing better to do, but you probably wont find yourself visiting much.
And once it gets bigger though, it'll probably sink so this probably isn't something you should take seriously.
s for the money thing, I can't see it working but I'll let you know how I get on.
Anyway, I'll put my referall up in case any of you feel like signing up. If you do, drop me a line and say hello or something. You never know, I might actually read it.
http://www.yuwie.com/r/9879/
Hav fun kids,
HMR
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