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Beer. Im part of a bunch of private beer raffle groups. It goes like this 1. Someone buys a rare and sought after beer (say, at a release they waited hours in
by cheeze 8y ago
Beer.
Im part of a bunch of private beer raffle groups. It goes like this
1. Someone buys a rare and sought after beer (say, at a release they waited hours in line for)
2. They come up with a valuation
3. They post the beer for N spots in one of these groups (almost always 10 spots, 0-9)
4. Folks buy spots by claiming number
5. Everyone pays up
6. Once full, the next Illinois fireball pick 3 "fireball number" (0-9) that gets drawn decides winner
7 winner gets shipped their beer
These communities only exist on Facebook. And in that sense, fb works very well as a way to keep people honest (must use real accounts, must be vouched for to become a member)
Yeah its a niche, but it's my niche.
- catacombs 8y agoGreat. But, Facebook is surely collecting a shitton of data from you and the other beer group members and, possibly, selling it to data brokers, who, in turn, sell it to beer advertisement companies. You are the product.
- jarfil 8y agoBut he gets beer, so what if some beer companies know that he likes beer and decide to pay someone to know what kind of beer he's more willing to pay for? I mean, what's the problem with some companies knowing what you like, if you're intending to pay for it anyway?
- catacombs 8y agoBecause the beer companies can trade the data with another company. And that company will trade the data to another company. And the cycle continues.