• TheFogan@programming.dev
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    6 hours ago

    Why do you think some of the most advertised things are… predatory loans and gambling.

    Honestly for me the worse of it is, basically on linkedin and similar, people pretending to be recruiters, opening with a fake job posting and asking for your resume, then to follow it up with "Hey you know I don’t think this resume is going to get by, can I put you in contact with my resume company, they will sharpen up your resume for $300. Umm… so yeah, don’t know if you guessed this, but I have no clue when my next paycheck is coming in, this isn’t the time to ask me to drop a large amount of money on something that may not do anything.

    • HubertManne@piefed.social
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      6 hours ago

      ugh yeah. the gambling. I mean that one is straight out like. play our game and you will make millions guaranteed. I mean with that voice saying the bank account balance thing. this should be crazy illegal. Im a big victimless crimes person but I have to say I would like advertising for adult things to be limited to adult venues. I don’t think they should allow gambling sites to even be listed in app stores or be indexed by search engines but like if your at a bar or strip club they could have a poster with a QR code.

      • BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca
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        3 hours ago

        “Victimless crime” has always been kind of a grey term anyway. There are two sides to the types of things that refers to.

        Doing drugs? Being a prostitute? Gambling your money away? Victimless crimes.

        Manufacturing drugs? Being a pimp? Running a casino? I’m not so sure.

        • HubertManne@piefed.social
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          3 hours ago

          vicitmless crimes are about the individual. So yeah someone prostituting themselves and someone taking them up on it no prob. Running a brothel or being a pimp is sorta different. All the same Im fine with bussinesses that support the same as long as highly regulated. So at the individual level I want light regulation mainly for safety but going up to business I want a lot of regulation not only for safety on all levels but to prevent abuse and it should be taxed more than regular businesses.