Why I Reject Get Paid to Watch Ads Offers as SCAMS to Avoid

It's disappointing whenever I start to look for a financial Youtube channel and I land into those who end up getting into scams. For instance, I subscribed to some of them that are now endorsing cryptocurrency and even Axie Infinity scholarship. This reminds me of several articles I wrote back such as why I reject Axie Infinity, a review on the Netflix documentary known as Trust No One: Hunt for the Crypto King, why I don't recommend people to invest in cryptocurrency. Now, with the pay-to-view ads trend--I really am skeptical not ever since I also write an article on why play-to-earn is too good to be true. I feel it's too good to be true and I'd like to talk about this one.

I feel this video is too good to be true for this reason. Where in the world do those who offer the pay-to-view ads program get their money to start with? Last time I heard, advertising is where somebody pays you to advertise them. For example, Adwords users pay money to Adsense to get their reach. Ads appear on various websites advertising their products. Earning through ads is because there are advertisers who pay the company to advertise them.

This is rather very suspicious since the money generated is way higher than usual. It's pretty much like how a Ponzi scam works. Those who initially enter it get a huge slice. What happens next is that they start telling people more about this offer. I think these get paid to watch ads offer work in a similar way. They get some money from X and give it to Y. How can anybody offer you, for example, PHP 10,000.00 or even higher in a day to watch several ads? It's very different than if somebody asked me to write an article for this blog (which nobody hasn't) and I get paid a certain amount. It's different than if someone paid social media or ad services to advertise them. It's different from paying radio, newspaper, television, or any media to get one's product or service known. Getting advertised means you need to pay a certain fee. Advertising is when you get paid to endorse something. This is very different and a great reversal.

I believe it's too good to be true to get paid to view ads. I'd believe it if someone asked me to write a review for them and I get paid for it. It's because if I write a review--I'm effectively the one advertising for them. If someone pays Google to advertise--ads over other people's blogs and websites are essentially the billboards. I really suggest to stay away from this one. I suspect that, sooner or later, these companies will start asking for more money, there's the possible danger of spyware and phishing, and it could also cause computers and mobile phones to crash. That's why I wrote some time ago that if it's too good to be true then avoid it.

The Good Old Days when Gasoline was Cheaper Under the Late Noynoy Aquino

Millennials' Voice I would like to clarify first and foremost that this post isn't an attempt to say that the late Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III's legacy was all bad. Some good things happened. However, let me be clear that it's stupid to say, " We don't need economic cha-cha because of the late Noynoy. " However, let me clear that I decided to write this because of a Facebook post called Millennials' Voice , which wrote this: Did you know that during President Noynoy Aquino's time, the price of oil in the world market was high, between $100 and $110 per barrel. But even with those high prices, gasoline and diesel at local pumps in the country were still relatively affordable. Under President Duterte, world oil prices went up and down, from a low of $41 to a high of $101 per barrel. The big jump to $101 in 2022 happened because of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Now, under the current president, world oil prices have gone up again to around $...

The Myth of "Invading" Other Countries Through Foreign Investors and Overseas Filipino Workers

BoardGameGeek Years ago, I could remember how "Filipino pride" seems to be required by the DECS. Some songs in the Filipino subject (or called Tagalog) tend to glorify it. One of the songs was called "Ako'y Isang Pinoy" (or "I'm Pinoy") feels ironic since it was played on an imported music player. We had discussions for years about how Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are often the unsung heroes or the new heroes. The mentality kept going on with how people desired to take a particular course not because they wanted to--it's because they wanted to go abroad. Why I wanted to take Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) was not just to impress people but also to go abroad . However, more people shifted away from BSIT either because they were eliminated (common cause) or because it was too hard for them. Some of them flat out admitted that they took BSIT in hopes of going abroad. Some were taking nursing in hopes of again-- going abro...

"Will #SahodItaasPresyoIbaba Economics Lower Philippine Gas Prices?

Inquirer Gasoline prices have increased again, haven't they? A few days ago, I wrote why #SahodItaasPresyoIbaba's view of gas prices is questionable . Today, I feel like writing this after several complaints on Facebook. I would like to create a follow-up post. People are complaining too much without understanding the real reason why some countries have lower prices of gasoline. Real talk. We need to talk about economic policies, and of course, please do a study on supply-demand analysis on supply chain management . Let's examine the complaints made by Bulatlat Bulatlat Here's a chart from Bulatlat that compares the increase in prices of gasoline between the Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia. It's always problematic when people ignore simple economics. It's funny, but Bulatlat mentions this on their website: Note also how expensive our diesel and gasoline products are compared to those of our ASEAN neighbors. The estimated common price today of diesel in...

#SahodItaasPresyoIbaba Economics' Understanding of How Gasoline Prices Work

International State College of the Philippines Today is Flor Contempacion Day , and rallies are expected. However, whether it's Flor's death anniversary or not, rallies are expected for the wrongest of reasons. I would like to address this photo from the International State College of the Philippines' Facebook page. The demands here are rather clunky and stupid. We have the following demands that would naturally clash with each other, such as: No to the oil deregulation law while demanding lower oil prices. This is simply ignoring the basic fundamentals of economics, namely the law of supply and demand . They say that oil companies are greedy for gain. These rallyists probably don't really understand the difference between revenues and profits . Let's understand the Oil Deregulation Law The Oil Deregulation Law, or the Republic Act No. 8479 , passed on February 10, 1998, under the late Fidel Valdez Ramos. Here's how the liberalization works: CHAPTER II LIBERAL...

Learning from the Late Lee Kuan Yew's Proving Protectionist-Driven Economists Wrong About Multinational Corporations

Reading the book From Third World to First is really a must. The late Lee Kuan Yew was faced with the mentality of the development economists of his day. Here's an excerpt from "Chapter 4--Surviving Without a Hinterland" which I'd like to share from Pages 57-58: After several years of disheartening trial and error, we concluded that Singapore's best hope lay with the American multinational corporations (MNCs). When the Taiwanese and Hong Kong entrepreneurs came in the 1960s, they brought low technology such as textile and toy manufacturing, labor-intensive but not large-scale. American MNCs brought higher technology in large-scale operations, creating many jobs. They had weight and confidence. They believed that their government was going to stay in Southeast Asia and their businesses were safe from confiscation or war loss. I gradually crystallized my thoughts and settled on a two-pronged strategy to overcome our disadvantages. The first was to leapfrog the reg...

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