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Re: Ashton Kutcher Joins the Airbnb Team

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Post by jarin » Thu, May 26, 2011, 5:52 PM UTC

chopsueyar wrote: post #72

jarin wrote: post #8

I think it's weird how there hasn't been more press coverage of celebrities getting into business and tech. Ashton Kutcher, 50 Cent, Chamillionaire, and other actors and musicians could be a pretty big inspiration to a lot of the teenagers out there.

Why is it weird? All the 'piracy' or lack of quality content has led to decreased profits through traditional movie and music products. Did you know 50 Cent publishes a series of ghostwritten fiction books available on Amazon.com( http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_p_n_feature_browse... )? ..or his Twitter pump-and-dump for OTC penny stocks? These celebrities have a certain lifestyle to maintain and need to ke…

I saw and brought attention to his OTC "pump-and-dump". It turned out that he was an active investor in and advisor to the company (I think it was Gunnar Optiks) and it seemed to be mostly an honest mistake.

Re: Ashton Kutcher Joins the Airbnb Team

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Post by nostromo » Thu, May 26, 2011, 10:22 PM UTC

guynamedloren wrote: post #90

guynamedloren wrote: post #31

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Really? Have you even looked at what Airbnb has to offer? http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/20478 http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/62627 http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/21031 http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/55179 The list goes on and on. I'm willing to bet Kutcher would rather stay at a beautiful private mansion than a tourist-filled resort or hotel. Who else is going to spend $5000/night to stay at places like this other than the supe…

This has been downvoted several times after the original comment was deleted, for no apparent reason. For those of you who are downvoting for the sake of downvoting, the comment I responded to went something like this: "it's funny that Kutcher would invest in a service he would probably never, ever use" It was clear that the commenter was not aware of the quality and luxury Airbnb has to offer, which is probably why…

Hey -- I was the original commenter -- sorry you were downvoted. Your response made it clear that I was unaware of the posh side of Airbnb -- and on second thought I didn't want to be seen as putting negative energy out there, so I deleted my comment. Next time I'll just do an "edit: I stand corrected!" so the thread still has context. Sorry!

Re: Ashton Kutcher Joins the Airbnb Team

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Post by chopsueyar » Fri, May 27, 2011, 3:44 AM UTC

jarin wrote: post #91

chopsueyar wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is it weird? All the 'piracy' or lack of quality content has led to decreased profits through traditional movie and music products. Did you know 50 Cent publishes a series of ghostwritten fiction books available on Amazon.com( http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_p_n_feature_browse... )? ..or his Twitter pump-and-dump for OTC penny stocks? These celebrities have a certain lifestyle to maintain and need to ke…

I saw and brought attention to his OTC "pump-and-dump". It turned out that he was an active investor in and advisor to the company (I think it was Gunnar Optiks) and it seemed to be mostly an honest mistake.

mostly an honest mistake

What percentage was dishonest?

Re: Ashton Kutcher Joins the Airbnb Team

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Post by jarin » Sun, May 29, 2011, 7:09 PM UTC

chopsueyar wrote: post #93

jarin wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I saw and brought attention to his OTC "pump-and-dump". It turned out that he was an active investor in and advisor to the company (I think it was Gunnar Optiks) and it seemed to be mostly an honest mistake.

mostly an honest mistake What percentage was dishonest?

He was trying to encourage people to buy stock in the company, but it did not appear that he was attempting to pump and dump the stock, and it did not appear that he was aware of the potentially illegal nature of what he was doing.

Basically he was treating it just like he'd tweet and tell everyone about some new artist that signed to his label.