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   nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 14:48:12 JST nixCraft 🐧

   What were the primary ways assholes tried to make a quick profit or engaged in get rich quick schemes before crypto, NFTs, and AI hype became popular madness?

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     Packrat (packrat42@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 14:48:33 JST Packrat

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     @nixCraft Day trading was popular for a minute back in the 90s

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     Dead Inside :archlinux: & 🐸 (deadinside@but.still.drinkin.coffee)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 14:48:33 JST Dead Inside :archlinux: & 🐸

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     @nixCraft hmmm... ring tones?

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     deepfryed (deepfryed@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 14:48:51 JST deepfryed

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     @nixCraft Snake oil, Doramad toothpaste, .... then there's share market and derivatives.

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     h0h0kam (hohokam@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 14:49:09 JST h0h0kam

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     @nixCraft Ponzi Schemes and that creative accounting Enron did. I have a friend who worked as a software dev at Enron when it fell apart. Crazy stories.

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     Alex(ithymia) :neobot_cat_ears: [lore expansion arc] (alex@pawb.fun)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 14:49:30 JST Alex(ithymia) :neobot_cat_ears: [lore expansion arc]

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     • Kamihack

     @kamihack @nixCraft

     I was thinking MLM like Cutco, Amway, Avon, etc

     But also HVAC scams (https://www.servicelegends.com/8-common-hvac-repair-scams-to-avoid/) but those still exist.

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     Kamihack (kamihack@mastodon.cr)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 14:49:31 JST Kamihack

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     @nixCraft multi level marketing

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