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Overheal · 09-11-2009, 22:12

http://consumerist.com/5400720/mafia...e-from-day-one

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Originally Posted by The Consumerist

From the beginning, Mafia Wars and Farmville were predicated on the backs of scams, boasts Zynga CEO Mark Pincus in this video. "I did every horrible thing in the book just to get revenues," he brags to a bunch of fellow scumbags.

Here's the pertinent transcript of the talk the CEO gave to some other developers at a mixer:<blockquoteI knew that i wanted to control my destiny, so I knew I needed revenues, right, ****ing, now. Like I needed revenues now. So I funded the company myself but I did every horrible thing in the book to, just to get revenues right away. I mean we gave our users poker chips if they downloaded this zwinky toolbar which was like, I dont know, I downloaded it once and couldn't get rid of it. *laughs* We did anything possible just to just get revenues so that we could grow and be a real business…So control your destiny. So that was a big lesson, controlling your business. So by the time we raised money we were profitable.
After getting reamed in an excellent multi-part TechCrunch investigation by Michael Arrington, Mark Pincus pledged to more aggressively remove scammy offers.
That's great, but c'mon. Now that they're funded and raking in the cash, they can act all contrite and go "oh! you caught us! you're right, we're bad, we'll fix that. Lah dee dah." How convenient that now you can afford morals.
Nice work, TechCrunch. Now, if only we could get them to apply the same level of discipline to re-evaluating their gushing praise for Cash4Gold.

Theres a video of it in the link but it would not load for me. My computer probably thought it was a scam and blocked it.

Dankoozy · 09-11-2009, 22:16

my gawd, facebook has been a load of ****e from the start

first it was an elite 'community' of Zuckerberg's friends, basically a load of snobs from Harvard waiting to get rich, then all the stuck up meeja heads joined and now every ****ing gossip queen with 2 fags in one hand and a pram in the other is on there trying to stir up **** from the comfort of their own screen.

liah · 09-11-2009, 22:16

Meh, I'm still going to play it, since it's a good time-waster and I'm not about to put money in it.

Stupid is as stupid does, there's bad people behind everything and gullible people willing to buy into it. I don't get why people actually buy godfather points or do all those crap free offers, but I'm not pushed that a dick's running the company. I just plain don't care. Doesn't take away from the game, so why should I?

**zuroph** · 09-11-2009, 22:18

scamming? that reads like they used a free product to entice people to voluntarily sign up to adware, which made them money. I fail to see the scam, its just business, did you think they'd just do it all out of the goodness of their own hearts?!

TheZohanS · 09-11-2009, 22:20

Moved to: Blogs / Wikis / Social Networks

**Super-Rush** · 09-11-2009, 22:32

Facebook sued someone for $350 million last week IIRC, for accessing peoples passwords and sending spam. Wheres my cheque???

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09-11-2009, 22:16	#2
Dankoozy Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Toothpick Land Posts: 1,083 Adverts \| Friends	my gawd, facebook has been a load of **e from the start first it was an elite 'community' of Zuckerberg's friends, basically a load of snobs from Harvard waiting to get rich, then all the stuck up meeja heads joined and now every ing gossip queen with 2 fags in one hand and a pram in the other is on there trying to stir up ** from the comfort of their own screen.

09-11-2009, 22:16	#3
liah Closed Account Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 5,636 Adverts \| Friends	Meh, I'm still going to play it, since it's a good time-waster and I'm not about to put money in it. Stupid is as stupid does, there's bad people behind everything and gullible people willing to buy into it. I don't get why people actually buy godfather points or do all those crap free offers, but I'm not pushed that a dick's running the company. I just plain don't care. Doesn't take away from the game, so why should I?

09-11-2009, 22:18	#4
zuroph mo-duh-rator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Limerick Posts: 12,239 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Magic & Illusion	scamming? that reads like they used a free product to entice people to voluntarily sign up to adware, which made them money. I fail to see the scam, its just business, did you think they'd just do it all out of the goodness of their own hearts?!

09-11-2009, 22:20	#5
TheZohanS Closed Account Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 10,314 Adverts \| Friends	Moved to: Blogs / Wikis / Social Networks

09-11-2009, 22:32	#6
Super-Rush JFT96 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Da 0-5-9 Posts: 14,959 Adverts \| Friends Mod: After Hours, Carlow	Facebook sued someone for $350 million last week IIRC, for accessing peoples passwords and sending spam. Wheres my cheque???