One of Australia's biggest MLMs is being described as a 'pyramid scheme'
By Nathan Morris, Lucy Sweeney, and Kit Mochan
A global multi-level-marketing business that sells expensive water ionisers is shifting its target audience to Aussie tradies, but critics say some of their predatory sales tactics are tantamount to a pyramid scheme.
#PersonalDebt #ConsumerProtection #Influencers #ScamsandFraud #OnlineSafety #SmallBusinesses #SelfEmployment #NathanMorris #LucySweeney # #KitMochan
10 IDEAS ROBADAS | 07x15
10 ideas robadas. El podcast “No soy original” explora diez ejemplos de ideas que fueron robadas y popularizadas como originales, incluyendo el iPhone, Instagram Stories, y la música de Led Zeppelin. Destaca que la originalidad no es crear algo completamente nuevo, sino...
https://luisbermejo.com/10-ideas-robadas-07x15/
#avatar #cameron #cine #copia #ferngully #gurús #ideas #influencers #información #música #pocahontas #productividad #robadas #sistemas #tecnología #podcast #NoSoyOriginal
Abbie and Josh Herbert Welcome Their 3rd Baby, a Boy: 'He's Here'
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://people.com/abbie-and-josh-herbert-welcome-third-baby-boy-11847561
Woman Finds ‘Trash’ Worth Thousands After Garbage Picking in Wealthy Neighborhoods, Says She has 'Zero Shame' (Exclusive)
Peloton Instructor Jess King Admits ‘It’s Silly’ to Set Fitness Goals Around the Holidays, but Still Shares Her Easiest Tips (Exclusive)
Creator Behind $1.7M Fundraiser for 88-Year-Old Veteran Says Today’s Reveal Will ‘Change His Life’ (Exclusive)
Bonnie Blue reportedly questioned by Bali police over ‘pornographic activities’ and illegal ‘Bang Bus’
Bonnie Blue is reportedly facing deportation out of Bali after getting in trouble with police over “pornographic activities”…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #bali #Entertainment #Influencers
https://www.newsbeep.com/292234/
Paige Lorenze Reveals the 1 Biggest Lesson Starting Dairy Boy Has Taught Her and Teases Her Goals for Next Year (Exclusive)
𝑪𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐 𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒎𝒐 𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒂 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒔
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Hay una parte de esta historia que nadie quiere admitir en voz alta, pero está pasando:
el veto a las redes en Australia no solo afecta a adolescentes enganchados a TikTok…
sino a familias enteras que habían convertido las redes en su modo de vida.
Influencers, creadores, padres con niños adorables que hacían vídeos de desayunos perfectos y rutinas matinales coreografiadas…
de repente tuvieron un problema muy práctico:
si tus hijos menores ya no pueden aparecer,
¿cómo sigues monetizando?
La respuesta no fue poética,
pero sí muy humana:
👉 emigraron digitalmente.
Algunos literalmente.
Se mudaron a países donde la ley no los alcance.
Otros cruzaron la frontera virtual usando VPN, plataformas menos conocidas, aplicaciones que aún no figuran en los listados oficiales.
La maquinaria de contenido no podía pararse así como así:
hay hipotecas, patrocinios, contratos, gastos.
En las agencias de marketing ha corrido la voz:
hay familias que están haciendo sus maletas —reales o simbólicas—
para poder seguir grabando vídeos de tartas, bromas y unboxing de juguetes.
Y aquí aparece el detalle paradójico, casi irónico:
El gobierno quería proteger a los menores de la presión digital.
Y muchos padres dicen:
“Perfecto, pero mi trabajo depende de esto.”
¿Qué pesa más?
¿La salud mental de una generación o el negocio familiar?
La respuesta no es tan simple como parece.
Porque sí: la adicción era real.
Pero también lo es el hecho de que, para muchas familias,
las redes sociales eran trabajo, comunidad, sustento y sentido.
Australia levantó la muralla.
Otros países la están mirando con interés.
Mientras tanto, los creadores buscan puertas laterales.
Internet nunca ha sido un territorio fácil de cercar.
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/𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒐́𝒏/
#redessociales #australia #prohibicion #familiascreadoras #influencers #monetizacion
📰 Amerikaanse Ed (88) kan eindelijk met pensioen na enorme inzamelingsactie
https://nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/1pEX
🕡 18:40 | RTL Nieuws
🔸 #Pensioen #Crowdfunding #Influencers #Inzameling #USA
Influencer, 26, Dies Due to Complications from Childbirth While Twin Boys Survive: Reports
Miss Universe Fátima Bosch Thought She’d Disqualified Herself After Viral Walkout amid Controversy Surrounding Her Win
The Bulwark: MAGA Influencers Take Heat Over Qatar Junket. “While the right’s feuding is certainly funny, the fight over the Qatar trip points to something larger. As Qatar and Israel increasingly grapple with one another for the loyalty of Republican personalities, even the most ridiculous MAGA influencers appear to be worth fighting over—and splashing out on.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/05/the-bulwark-maga-influencers-take-heat-over-qatar-junket/
On Teens and the Fediverse Opportunity
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In Australia, and England, and Ireland, and Switzerland there are talks, in some cases that are being implemented that seak to block children and teens from using the Social Media Giants.
"As of December 2025, the Australian social media ban specifically targets major commercial platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, Twitch, X, YouTube, Kick, and Reddit. The ban requires these platforms to prevent Australians under 16 from creating or maintaining accounts." Source: Le Chat by Mistral
The ban does not include Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed, Foto, WordPress and other social apps. This means that teenagers who are tech savvy can slide towards self-hosted communities. Either they can self-host for their group of friends, or they can have a school wide, or university wide instance, to connect with peers, teachers and local businesses.
For several months now I have said that I believe social media bans should look towards those that own and control social media platforms, because what is toxic to children and teenagers is toxic to adults too, as demonstrated by articles in the Guardian and other publications as well as books such as Mindf*ck.
Before the pandemic social media was popular, especially in places like London, but less so in Switzerland, France and other countries. I limit it to these examples as I have closer ties to these countries. When I was interviewed by Nouvo, years ago, I said that I didn't expect Twitter to thrive because the community was too sparse.
Fast forward to 2024-2025 and I see that GoSocial, Meetup and Strava are vibrant communities. GoSocial is built upon WhatsApp group chats, Meetup is an events site, and Strava is a cycling and running community, for the most part. I see people also track their dog walks, although I haven't seen people plan "group social dog walks" yet, but that may come, as the niche widens.
Children and teens are being banned from Social Media but Social Media is already dead. I haven't established a close friendship with anyone on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky or Threads in years. The community that made these communities so sticky in the past is gone. Now it's "refresh, scroll, refresh scroll, oh duck, I just spent two hours without achieving anything".
Technology has Advanced
When I was a teen, in the 90s, and the web was new, it was sparsely populated. We talked with people around the world but it was relatively rare to meet people from the web in person, in large part because they lived a TGV or flight away. Now online people are ubiquitous. Tomorrow I could ride with the Nyon cycling community, and tonight I could go on a pub crawl with the Nyon GoSocial community.
I can also go to Azure community events, Ruby Events, broader tech events, historical walks and more.
The Tech Giant Monopoly is Gone
Before 2006 we were part of social networks with 30-40 active users per web forum. With MySpace, Twitter, Jaiku, Google+ and other sites we went from small disparate online communities to global communities. With time, as more people adopted the World Wide Web and online communities, so the switch back to smaller communities switched directions.
We had to be on Twitter and Facebook. That's where the broadest community was. In 2024-2025 this is no longer the case. Strava, WhatsApp, Signal and other apps allow us to have small niche communities that are local, and about our own passions.
And Finally
The Atlantic asks Is This the End of Kids on Social Media and I'm tempted to say, "nope, this is the end of social media as a concept, and we're going to revert to local social networks." When Facebook introdued zynga games it discouraged conversations. When Twitter sold itself to Musk for 40 billion it encouraged people, in their millions to flee. When Instagram sold itself to Facebook, it ensured that it would become obsolete.
I see Bluesky making the same mistakes as Twitter. This morning I saw someone comment on how many bots were following them. My other reason for distrusting Bluesky is that it's a site with venture capital funding that ignores the parallels between itself and the Fediverse.
And finally, in my eyes, the real ban should be applied to those that control social media, rather than those that use social media. Until a decade ago we had social networks, and social networks were healthy. It's only since 2020 or so that social media has become unhealthy. Decisions taken by those high up in social media companies ruined the experience for everyone. What is toxic for children, is toxic for adults.
This is why I want to revert to Social Networks on a human scale.
#fb #fediverse #ig #influencers #mastodon #selfHosted #socialNetworks #tw
Fascinating conversation based on The Certainty Illusion. Click the screen at the link to get started. Brief info, then an illuminating conversation. (Among other insights, I learned that The Dirty Dozen foods is a bogus idea.)
https://www.crowdcast.io/c/c20bqh2fwey7
#food #certainty #science #health #medical #supplements #influencers #criticalThinking
📰 Donateurs laten 88-jarige supermarktmedewerker in Amerika met pensioen gaan
https://nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/1pzP
🕝 02:36 | NOS Nieuws
🔸 #Pensioen #Influencers #USA #Supermarkt
📰 Amerikaanse veteraan (88) krijgt onverwacht pensioen dankzij donateurs die 1,6 miljoen ophaalden
https://nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/1pzz
🕥 22:33 | RTL Nieuws
🔸 #Pensioen #Crowdfunding #Influencers #Inzameling #USA
Kylie Kelce Shares Her 4 Daughters' Christmas Wish Lists, Reveals Whether She or Husband Jason Gives Better Gifts
TechCrunch: MKBHD’s wallpaper app Panels is shutting down. “Tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee, or MKBHD, announced on Monday that his phone wallpaper app Panels is shutting down. Fans had high hopes for Brownlee’s foray into app development, given his reputation as an eagle-eyed tech reviewer who has amassed more than 20 million followers on YouTube.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/04/techcrunch-mkbhds-wallpaper-app-panels-is-shutting-down/
🤳It's not uncommon for social media influencers to share health content, and international researchers say platforms and governments need to work together to mitigate the harms that can come from inaccurate or biased influencer advice
✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/how-do-we-manage-the-risks-of-influencers-giving-health-advice
#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #influencers
