$1000-a-day Pinterest scammer claims hoax

Post by smashing » Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 2:20 AM UTC

igorgue wrote: post #4

mrmaddog wrote: post #2

This is a prime example of how to not write a correction piece. The gist of the story is that they used a screenshot to verify somebody's identity, and it turns out the person faked it. However, instead of saying "we made a mistake and didn't verify our sources properly," they go on to spin stories like "But is Steve a prankster, or is he a spammer having second thoughts" and "Regardless of its validity, Steve’s stor…

I wish I could make them read this: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/blog/2012/03/retracting-mr-d... So they can learn something about journalism.

Post by joelrunyon » Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 7:50 AM UTC

Post by bira » Sun, Apr 01, 2012, 1:52 PM UTC

thornofmight wrote: post #14

matznerd wrote: post #8

I'm from the IM community and $1000 a day is not unheard of, but most of the other people using pinterest are not making this much, especially since they stopped sending all pins to the front page (now only 1 per hour or so). The traffic coming from Pinterest is also not converting that well, it seems that the women like to browse and aren't that into buying. Regardless, pinterest traffic can be used in a clean way t…

What's "IM community"?