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Thanks for the kind words

by eries 6y ago

cdnpal 6y ago
Eric, I saw you present at Twiistup years ago with that CEO guy from Demand Media, where you exclaimed that you crammed untested spyware toolbars into IMVU just to get money, knowing it would blow up your users' computers. It's clear you got some money since then, but other than that why would we trust you with a stock exchange in retrospect? Were you hoping we would forget?
- jzig 6y ago
  There are not enough upvotes for this comment.
  - cdnpal 6y ago
    Eric, I see you've commented hours after my question was posted, but neglected to answer? You openly admitted to infecting IMVU users' computers with malicious toolbars on purpose to make quick, easy money at Twiistup in a speech on startups, and now you are asking us to buy stocks on your exchange? You're not even mentioning that SEC REGSHO applies to ANY US stock exchange, so all the brokers have to do is let certain clients borrow and that's the end of the "long term" regardless of your marketing of this. I guess you were a notch better than your Twiistup co-presenter Robert Scoble?: https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+scoble+harassment https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+scoble+harassment So reply Eric, tell us why you have become so trustworthy? Is it that you cajoled people into getting you truckloads of cash? Of course it is.
    - cdnpal 6y ago
      YASE - Yet Another Stock Exchange "This time I, Yes I, collect the listing fees! Yippee" - IMVU senior spyware deployer I fixed the marketing for you Eric. It's less abstract now. Almost like your startup speech at Skirball. https://victorcaballero.com/twiistup-7-agenda/ https://victorcaballero.com/twiistup-7-agenda/
giantg2 6y ago
Did you switch from r/wallstreetbets to selling gold miners their shovels? A very successful approach.
- kirubakaran 6y ago
  Just don't get divorced. The "shovel guy": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Brannan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Brannan > Brannan's wife divorced him and he was forced to liquidate much of his real estate to pay her one-half of their assets. He died poor and in relative obscurity
  - giantg2 6y ago
    Better still - don't get married. It's just a piece of paper that says somebody else can take half your stuff.
    - giantg2 6y ago
      Why downvote if you won't correct me?
      - giantg2 6y ago
        Now this is downvoted? Looks like someone's irrational and taking an unfounded emotional stance on the legal issue of marriage.
    - twic 6y ago
      Modelling marriage as an unhedged call option, interesting.
      - giantg2 6y ago
        Not necessarily. The option could go either way - you might be the wealthier party but it could also be that your spouse is the wealthier one. You could also have a prenup, but that would still involve lawyers. I just don't see the benefit to the standard government marriage scheme. Domestic partner benefits have basically the same upside and very little downside these days. From a legal perspective marriage is almost entirely about property/money. There are plenty of people who have a loving and marriage-like relationship without getting the state's permission (piece of paper).

Thanks for the kind words

by eries 6y ago

Thanks for the kind words

Eric, I saw you present at Twiistup years ago with that CEO guy from Demand Media, where you exclaimed that you crammed untested spyware toolbars into IMVU just to get money, knowing it would blow up your users' computers. It's clear you got some money since then, but other than that why would we trust you with a stock exchange in retrospect? Were you hoping we would forget?

jzig 6y ago
There are not enough upvotes for this comment.
- cdnpal 6y ago
  Eric, I see you've commented hours after my question was posted, but neglected to answer? You openly admitted to infecting IMVU users' computers with malicious toolbars on purpose to make quick, easy money at Twiistup in a speech on startups, and now you are asking us to buy stocks on your exchange? You're not even mentioning that SEC REGSHO applies to ANY US stock exchange, so all the brokers have to do is let certain clients borrow and that's the end of the "long term" regardless of your marketing of this. I guess you were a notch better than your Twiistup co-presenter Robert Scoble?: https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+scoble+harassment https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+scoble+harassment So reply Eric, tell us why you have become so trustworthy? Is it that you cajoled people into getting you truckloads of cash? Of course it is.
  - cdnpal 6y ago
    YASE - Yet Another Stock Exchange "This time I, Yes I, collect the listing fees! Yippee" - IMVU senior spyware deployer I fixed the marketing for you Eric. It's less abstract now. Almost like your startup speech at Skirball. https://victorcaballero.com/twiistup-7-agenda/ https://victorcaballero.com/twiistup-7-agenda/

giantg2 6y ago

Did you switch from r/wallstreetbets to selling gold miners their shovels? A very successful approach.

kirubakaran 6y ago
Just don't get divorced. The "shovel guy": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Brannan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Brannan > Brannan's wife divorced him and he was forced to liquidate much of his real estate to pay her one-half of their assets. He died poor and in relative obscurity
- giantg2 6y ago
  Better still - don't get married. It's just a piece of paper that says somebody else can take half your stuff.
  - giantg2 6y ago
    Why downvote if you won't correct me?
    - giantg2 6y ago
      Now this is downvoted? Looks like someone's irrational and taking an unfounded emotional stance on the legal issue of marriage.
  - twic 6y ago
    Modelling marriage as an unhedged call option, interesting.
    - giantg2 6y ago
      Not necessarily. The option could go either way - you might be the wealthier party but it could also be that your spouse is the wealthier one. You could also have a prenup, but that would still involve lawyers. I just don't see the benefit to the standard government marriage scheme. Domestic partner benefits have basically the same upside and very little downside these days. From a legal perspective marriage is almost entirely about property/money. There are plenty of people who have a loving and marriage-like relationship without getting the state's permission (piece of paper).