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This. I used to spam thirsty dudes on AOL/AIM/Yahoo Chat/MSN Messenger with a chatbot with prompts to convert them to porn website sales in the 90s. I made 6 f
by edm0nd 2y ago
This. I used to spam thirsty dudes on AOL/AIM/Yahoo Chat/MSN Messenger with a chatbot with prompts to convert them to porn website sales in the 90s. I made 6 figures one year.
It wasnt even AI, just if else shit and looking for keywords in their messages and then reply X or Y lol.
One of my favorite quotes: Never underestimate the stupidity of a man with his dick in one hand and his wallet in the other.
- sizzle 2y agoDamn six figs in the 90’s was a lot. Please tell me you invested it in Bitcoin and are a tres commas club lol Any other crazy stories from those times? You seemed to be ahead of the curve.
- edm0nd 2y agoI was 15 so I spent it all on stupid shit :P I continued this into my early 20s. Bitcoin wasn't around yet. Tons of crazy stories for sure. Captchas weren't invented yet, no one really had any rate limits on login pages, inbox spam filters were easily bypassable, trojans like sub7 were just coming around, all kinds of wild fun back then. If you wanted to make money, there nothing was really stopping you. The 90s were peak internet imo
- sizzle 2y agoawesome! do you think AI is gonna change the web as we know it?
- tmpz22 2y agoDo you have any regrets? Given your revenue number you clearly caught a lot of marks, some of which may have been very vulnerable when you targeted them - recently widowed, mental crisis, etc. Would you do it again?
- edm0nd 2y agoNo real regrets besides not saving more of it I suppose. It taught me a lot and now some almost 30 years later I'm still a nerd and programming bots that make me money.