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.

Honoring the Recently Deceased Jose de Venecia Jr. in a Business/Economics Perspective

That's right. Jose de Venecia recently passed away yesterday. As an advocate for reform, it's sad but true that de Venecia didn't win because he was boring . It was easy to think of him as a boring guy. I remember the time when he was called in ISPUP as Yoda De Venecia (after the Star Wars character). I was just a clueless college student at that time when the ISPUP episode was shown. I was only 13 years old when de Venecia ran for president. It was also that era when Joseph Estrada (who's now 88 years old) ran for president, and it was that time when Atty. Hilario G. Davide Jr. (who turned 90 last year) became the chief justice. Just recently, I found this eulogy for JDV. I will not post the whole eulogy, but only the one from the one that would "fit better" for a business-economics blog: He helped advance policies that enabled major infrastructure projects through public private partnerships, converted former military bases into thriving economic centers...

Yes to Filipinas Marrying Foreign Men, No to 100% FDI Shares Ownership?!

Today is Valentine's Day. I feel Valentine's Day is plain overrated. Some people just get a date for the sake of it--even if it means enduring that materialistic girlfriend or abusive boyfriend! Isn't romance a year-round thing? A few Valentine's Day ago, I wrote about Filipinas marrying foreigners and that FDI doesn't include Filipinas dating foreigners . This time to add some comedy, I wrote this post. It's something to say, "Yes! Somebody is married to a foreigner!" It's the hype to get job opportunities abroad or to marry a foreigner. Blossoms Why do Filipinos want to marry foreigners? The Blossoms blog writes down the following: Love and Affection: Love is often the primary reason for marriage, and Filipinas who marry foreigners may do so because they have fallen in love with someone from another country. Financial Stability: Some Filipinas may marry foreigners because they believe a foreign husband can provide financial stability and secur...

Facts vs. Gossip: Did Vietnam (According to Filipino MARITESes) Develop from Its Own Treasury Before Opening Up to FDI?

Vietnam Youth Union It's been 80 years since Vietnam achieved its independence in 1945. Some time ago, I wrote about how Vietnam's Doi Moi actually disproves the Trust Me Bro School of Economics . I wasn't too accustomed to researching Vietnam's ironic economic miracle . Vietnam is a one-party state ruled by the Communist Party of Vietnam. The word Communism would evoke fear and terror. What I find funny is that some people are using Vietnam as an excuse not to open up the Philippine economy (read here ). Such misinformed people think that Vietnam "won this revolution," supposedly self-industrialized from its own treasury before opening up to FDI. In short, some people either believe that (1) Vietnam is an example of how a highly protectionist economy works, or (2) that Vietnam made itself rich before opening to FDI. Both of them are lies. I'll focus on the second point for this new blog post! Right now, some people say that I'm just another marites...

China's Real Great Leap Forward and Economic Cultural Revolution Under Deng Xiaoping

Nobody can dare deny that China has become a big superpower. I remembered I went to China last 2007 (which would be more than 10 years ago). China had become such a huge metropolis of power that I'm amazed at it. I was thinking about how Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Beijing were truly magnificent cities before the pollution problem (which should call for eco-capitalist measures). I was thinking about how I never realized China was once dirt poor. Did you know China used to be so dirt-poor? The "economic legacy" of Mao Zedong was a disaster with the so-called "Great Leap Forward". It was a great leap forward all right--a great leap forward to ruin. Mao seeking to avoid the use of foreign resources to launch China proved disastrous. The 1970s would see a dramatic change when Deng Xiaoping finally took over the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The beginning of the rise of Communist China under Deng's new political policy would pave the way to China becoming a great s...

Going from Tet Offensive in 1968 to Doi Moi in 1986

Foreign Trade University The Lunar New Year isn't just celebrated by the Chinese. Chinese New Year is one form of the Chinese New Year. Other forms of Lunar New Year follow the Chinese New Year cycle, such as the Tết Nguyên Đán of Vietnam, the Japanese Lunar New Year, and the Seollal in South Korea. There's also the Tibetan New Year and the Mongolian New Year. I remember when talking about Vietnam celebrating the Lunar New Year together with the Chinese, my fellow Chinoy made the squity-eyed gesture to talk about most Vietnamese looking like Chinese. Should we even be surprised that there's a Vietnamese student who looks like the deposed Alice Guo, aka Guo Hua Ping? What was the Tet Offensive about? Right now, I want to talk about the infamous Tet Offensive , which was a Lunar New Year attack of January 31, 1968. The Western concept would prefer to talk about it on January 31 instead of the Lunar New Year. A Filipino would probably say, "So what if it was Lunar Ne...

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