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Friday, March 9, 2007

Exploited Chinese laborers in evil "Get paid to surf" Agloco toolbar scheme

Are you signed up for Agloco, the much-publicized "get paid to surf" scheme that is getting lots of people very excited about the prospects of actually finally making some money off this net thing? Are you waiting with bated breath for any news of the release of that toolbar, and the beginning of your descent into wealth and riches. Maybe you got an email from Agloco today, marking the 100th day of the campaign?

Among other things it says: "Viewbar software team (now seven engineers in Shanghai) is making steady progress. - Release of the software will be announced with both an email as well as a notice on the AGLOCO website."

I must admit I was slightly amused by the image of 7 (a mystical and magical number) underpaid Chinese programmers slaving away in a Shanghai sweatshop for a pittance (forgive my vivid and slightly imperialistically-tinted imagination), working to get us this much-touted Viewbar so we can all start making our millions! Do I get the impression they are dragging their heels over this? Originally they were saying March, now they are not even venturing a date!

I still have a funny idea that the whole scheme is going to bomb, though that hasn't stopped me signing up, obviously :)

Sign up for Agloco and make sure those poor, exploited software engineers in Shanghai can at least rest in the knowledge (even if they aren't allowed a rest during their 18-hour day) that they will make someone happy!


DISCLAIMER: THIS IS JUST A BIT OF FUN AND FOR ALL I KNOW, THESE PROGRAMMERS ARE A HIGHLY-PAID ELITE PROGRAMMING TEAM WHO IS GOING TO MAKE MORE MONEY OFF AGLOCO THAN THE REST OF US PUT TOGETHER,

1 comments:

JCM said...

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http://15000dollarmission.blogspot.com/2007/03/shanghai-programmers-agloco.html