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Re: Startup Pack for Marketers

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Post by dspillett »

300bps wrote: post #17
Ricapar wrote: post #11

I understand the need to spread the word, etc... and you are giving out free stuff.. but forcing people to follow and retweet your message, without even giving the option to edit the text.. I don't like it.

The act of forcing someone to retweet a message could be reasonably construed to violate the consideration clause in Federal and State sweepstakes laws. http://contests.about.com/od/c/g/consideration.htm Any sweepstakes that requires consideration from an entrant is illegal.

I don't know about where they are based, but it is certainly against relevant legislation in the UK (that is why you always see "no purchase necessary" text and an alternate participation method ("send a stamped, addressed envelope...") listed on "competitions" like this.

Re: Startup Pack for Marketers

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Post by eli »

300bps wrote: post #17
Ricapar wrote: post #11

I understand the need to spread the word, etc... and you are giving out free stuff.. but forcing people to follow and retweet your message, without even giving the option to edit the text.. I don't like it.

The act of forcing someone to retweet a message could be reasonably construed to violate the consideration clause in Federal and State sweepstakes laws. http://contests.about.com/od/c/g/consideration.htm Any sweepstakes that requires consideration from an entrant is illegal.

In addition tweeting a message that appears to be an endorsement without disclosing that you received something of value in return might technically put you in violation of FTC rules.

http://www.business.ftc.gov/documents/bus71-ftcs-revised-end...

Re: Startup Pack for Marketers

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Post by semerda »

300bps wrote: post #12
richardv wrote: post #7

Has anyone on HN been successful in a previous startuppack round?

Had no idea what you meant until I saw: We check applications then draw lots for 500 winners To put it mildly, it's very misleading to submit a story that states, "Startup Pack gives away $5,000 worth of tools" when the reality is "Startup Pack holds sweepstakes for $5,000 worth of tools".

Isn't this a bait tactic for them to scrape data on startups?

Re: Startup Pack for Marketers

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Post by eli »

minimaxir wrote: post #29
maxmcd wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Changing the content of the textarea with the inspector doesn't affect the final tweet text sadly. Just tested.

I'm not surprised, although I wonder if that's a violation of Twitter's API guidelines.

Keep in mind it's not actually a "tweet" box. The textarea is shown as a courtesy. You are authorizing their app to access your account.
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