Health Insurers Caught Paying Facebook Gamers Virtual Currency To Oppose Reform

[240 is Back]

Health insurance industry trade groups opposed to President Obama's health care reform bill are paying Facebook users fake money -- called "virtual currency" -- to send letters to Congress protesting the bill.

Here's how it's happening:

Facebook users play a social game, like "FarmVille" or "Friends For Sale." They get addicted to it. Eager to accelerate their progress inside the game, the gamers buy "virtual goods" such as a machine gun for "Mafia Wars." But these gamers don't buy these virtual goods with real money. They use virtual currency.

The gamers get virtual currency three ways:
-- Winning it playing the games
-- Paying for it with real money
-- By accepting offers from third-parties -- usually companies like online movie rentals service Netflix -- who agree to give the gamer virtual currency so long as that gamer agrees to try a product or service. This is done through an "offers" provider -- a middleman that brings the companies like Netflix, the Facebook gamemakers, and the Facebook gamemaker's users together.

It's this third method that an anti-reform group called "Get Health Reform Right" is using to pay gamers virtual currency for their support.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/health-insures-caught-pa...

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[Soul Crusher]

Health insurance industry trade groups opposed to President Obama's health care reform bill are paying Facebook users fake money -- called "virtual currency" -- to send letters to Congress protesting the bill.

Here's how it's happening:

Facebook users play a social game, like "FarmVille" or "Friends For Sale." They get addicted to it. Eager to accelerate their progress inside the game, the gamers buy "virtual goods" such as a machine gun for "Mafia Wars." But these gamers don't buy these virtual goods with real money. They use virtual currency.

The gamers get virtual currency three ways:
-- Winning it playing the games
-- Paying for it with real money
-- By accepting offers from third-parties -- usually companies like online movie rentals service Netflix -- who agree to give the gamer virtual currency so long as that gamer agrees to try a product or service. This is done through an "offers" provider -- a middleman that brings the companies like Netflix, the Facebook gamemakers, and the Facebook gamemaker's users together.

It's this third method that an anti-reform group called "Get Health Reform Right" is using to pay gamers virtual currency for their support.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/health-insures-caught-pa...

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SO WHAT? 

You have a dictator and his communist mob trying to put them out of business.  Should they just sit down and take it? 

Fuck that!  People are not taking this anymore and are starting to fight back against this marxist revolution. 

[BM OUT]

Thats great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IF oBAMA CAN USE acorn THEN EVERYTHING IS OK.

[240 is Back]

haha it means people can't shit on acorn shitbags any more.  goodbye moral high horse.  both sides playing dirty politics, and there is no denying it.

[Soul Crusher]

haha it means people can't shit on acorn shitbags any more.  goodbye moral high horse.  both sides playing dirty politics, and there is no denying it.

About time, fight fire with fire. 

[BM OUT]

About time, fight fire with fire. 

I agree and if the republicans ever get back in power,they can start investigating ACORN,the EPA,all those agencies that try to steal our liberty.They should get dirty just like the democrats.

[240 is Back]

okay.  but understand - ANY TIME you criticize acorn now, all we have to say is "They're just trying to keep up with health care companies paying facebook kids in farmville dollars to spam their family about health care bill.

And at that point, your only argument will be "well, acorn was caught FIRST".

it's a slippery slope.  Your side is now a big piece of shit cheater and liar, just like acorn.  Pass the crap sandwich - your side is eating from the same menu now

[Soul Crusher]

okay.  but understand - ANY TIME you criticize acorn now, all we have to say is "They're just trying to keep up with health care companies paying facebook kids in farmville dollars to spam their family about health care bill.

And at that point, your only argument will be "well, acorn was caught FIRST".

it's a slippery slope.  Your side is now a big piece of shit cheater and liar, just like acorn.  Pass the crap sandwich - your side is eating from the same menu now

240 - read my thread about the health bill.  Give me a real answer and not spin and you tell me how this mess ends. 

[240 is Back]

a real answer to what Q?  You know i dont support the bill, what else do ya wanna know? lol

[BM OUT]

okay.  but understand - ANY TIME you criticize acorn now, all we have to say is "They're just trying to keep up with health care companies paying facebook kids in farmville dollars to spam their family about health care bill.

And at that point, your only argument will be "well, acorn was caught FIRST".

it's a slippery slope.  Your side is now a big piece of shit cheater and liar, just like acorn.  Pass the crap sandwich - your side is eating from the same menu now

If you cant see the differance between a private company or companies protecting their buisiness interest and a federally funded volunteer organsisation then I dont know what to say.ACORN uses MY tax money to pervert the political process and get fools ass community organisers elected.They work like unions who STEAL money from the workers and redistribute it to political parties.There is ZERO comparrison.

[240 is Back]

they're both crooked fvckers.

to defend either shows a major lack of integrity.

you're debating which is more crooked.... give it a break... you do the right thing, or you're a piece of shit.  In this case, both sides are pieces of shit.

[kcballer]

240 so very true.  333 and Billy however, will fight to the bitter end on this.  333 especially.  He has little mental sanity left (he believes the Copenhagen meetings are going to result in a NWO of some sorts) you can't honestly expect him to see in the correct light.  Besides it's really no surprise he is as he is.  After agreeing with this he can no longer complain about GS or GE lobbying govt and the white house without being hypocritical. 

[Soul Crusher]

240 so very true.  333 and Billy however, will fight to the bitter end on this.  333 especially.  He has little mental sanity left (he believes the Copenhagen meetings are going to result in a NWO of some sorts) you can't honestly expect him to see in the correct light.  Besides it's really no surprise he is as he is.  After agreeing with this he can no longer complain about GS or GE lobbying govt and the white house without being hypocritical. 

If some dirtbag in govt was trying to put me out of business for no good reason, you dont think I have the right to defend my business? 

Who the hell do you think you are? 

[James]

they're both crooked fvckers.

to defend either shows a major lack of integrity.

you're debating which is more crooked.... give it a break... you do the right thing, or you're a piece of shit.  In this case, both sides are pieces of shit.

Pure Horse Shit 240!

Insurance uses their money, and Acorn uses Our Money (Our Tax Dollars given to them by the Government)

Even you should see the difference.

[240 is Back]

well it's worse beacuse it's our tax $, I'll give ya that...

but it's like we're comparing a rapist to a murderer at this point.  Both dems and repubs cheating... dems just using our $ to do it.

[Skip8282]

240,

I really don't see the difference between this and an insurance company using tv advertisements to get there message out.

It's their money, their advertising call, their decision.  So what?  How that makes them "close" to being as bad as ACORN, I just don't get.

[James]

well it's worse beacuse it's our tax $, I'll give ya that...

but it's like we're comparing a rapist to a murderer at this point.  Both dems and repubs cheating... dems just using our $ to do it.

240, If you truly believe they are same, or "one is worse than the other" then you are not the person I thought you were.

What if the Government wanted to get in the Website Building Business,and to promote this, they were using your tax dollars, to give to Acorn, to help promote this. In essence, using your money, to put you out of Business.

You on the other hand were using your own money and time to fight back.

Do you honestly think it is the same thing ?

[Soul Crusher]

240 probably does not think Obama will ever come for his business. 

[James]

240 probably does not think Obama will ever come for his business.  

fixed.

[240 is Back]

I conceded it was worse. 

[Soul Crusher]

I conceded it was worse. 

One is trying to protect its business, the other is trying to destroy business.

The two are not remotely the same. 

[240 is Back]

sorry, but if it's 1% wrong (which you and BILLY both admitted it was dirty tactics), I don't give it respect.

[Soul Crusher]

sorry, but if it's 1% wrong (which you and BILLY both admitted it was dirty tactics), I don't give it respect.

No.  i dont agree that dirty tactics are wrong in a case like this. 

[240 is Back]

"No.  i dont agree that dirty tactics are wrong in a case like this.  "

because you agree with the goal they have?

Sorry, IMO this bullshit tactics from both sides turns me off.  I voted libertarian in 08, as you well know, and I sure wouldn't want the libertarian candidate putting out lies about the D or the R. 

[Soul Crusher]

"No.  i dont agree that dirty tactics are wrong in a case like this.  "

because you agree with the goal they have?

Sorry, IMO this bullshit tactics from both sides turns me off.  I voted libertarian in 08, as you well know, and I sure wouldn't want the libertarian candidate putting out lies about the D or the R. 

These companies are fighting against someone who wants to shut them down. 

What would you do?