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There are some charlatans on Clubhouse for sure. I was listening to this guy M.L. Billion https://www.instagram.com/ml.billion https://www.instagram.com/ml.bill

There are some charlatans on Clubhouse for sure. I was listening to this guy M.L. Billion https://www.instagram.com/ml.billion https://www.instagram.com/ml.billion and he is just full of shit. All flash and no substance. The guy probably changed his last name to Billion to make it sound like he was wealthy. Some people don't have a BS detector and eat this shit up.

ryanSrich 6y ago
All I see on CH is people like this. That and a very strange phenomenon... I’ve noticed a trend on Clubhouse. I think it’s a new marketing gimmick. I’ve noticed these types of rooms that have celebrities in them. The celebrities never say anything, they’re just there, but it gets 1000s of people to join the room. One I noticed was talking about “climate change” that has Brad Pitt in the room...but it’s literally a YC company pitching to investors, everyone aside from Brad Pitt is either at this YC company, or an investor, Brad doesn’t say a word. So the scam is this. Find a celebrity. Get them in a room. Pay them some fee to just stay on the line. This in turn funnels 1000s of people into the room because they see a room with “major celebrity” and then the scammers shill their scam to 1000+ people.
- Nextgrid 6y ago
  If the celebrity does not talk, what evidence is there that they're indeed that celebrity instead of just a fake profile? Obtaining a second Clubhouse invite to use for your fake celebrity would surely be cheaper than paying the real one. Once you have a ring of fake celebrity profiles you can even resell the service to others.
  - lotsofpulp 6y ago
    And this thing supposedly landed $100M in funding. What a world.
  - ryanSrich 6y ago
    Yeah from what I can tell CH does not yet verify users like Twitter or Instagram. I'm sure that's coming, but I haven't seen it yet. I guess you could run a whole scam on CH right now and fly under the radar. I suspect this is what a lot of people are doing. Most of the rooms feel like getting stuck at the local motel 6 listening to a time share pitch.

ryanSrich 6y ago

All I see on CH is people like this. That and a very strange phenomenon... I’ve noticed a trend on Clubhouse. I think it’s a new marketing gimmick. I’ve noticed these types of rooms that have celebrities in them. The celebrities never say anything, they’re just there, but it gets 1000s of people to join the room. One I noticed was talking about “climate change” that has Brad Pitt in the room...but it’s literally a YC company pitching to investors, everyone aside from Brad Pitt is either at this YC company, or an investor, Brad doesn’t say a word. So the scam is this. Find a celebrity. Get them in a room. Pay them some fee to just stay on the line. This in turn funnels 1000s of people into the room because they see a room with “major celebrity” and then the scammers shill their scam to 1000+ people.

Nextgrid 6y ago
If the celebrity does not talk, what evidence is there that they're indeed that celebrity instead of just a fake profile? Obtaining a second Clubhouse invite to use for your fake celebrity would surely be cheaper than paying the real one. Once you have a ring of fake celebrity profiles you can even resell the service to others.
- lotsofpulp 6y ago
  And this thing supposedly landed $100M in funding. What a world.
- ryanSrich 6y ago
  Yeah from what I can tell CH does not yet verify users like Twitter or Instagram. I'm sure that's coming, but I haven't seen it yet. I guess you could run a whole scam on CH right now and fly under the radar. I suspect this is what a lot of people are doing. Most of the rooms feel like getting stuck at the local motel 6 listening to a time share pitch.