When your investment fellowship decides to acquire a kicky novel social media site , maybe it is fourth dimension to discovery a novel investment company!
In the post service this morn , this missive:
You cause got been selected to bring together the Merrill Edge® Client Advisory Panel , an exclusive grouping of clients who help us larn what we're doing correct as well as what nosotros demand to practise better. Every fourth dimension y'all part your thoughts , you'll earn points which tin last exchanged for retail gift cards or charitable donations. And but for joining , you'll last entered into a drawing for a $1 ,000 Visa® gift card.
Ordinarily , I would but click "SPAM" as well as last done amongst it , but curiosity killed the cat. So I sign upward as well as encounter what the "advisory panel" is all about. It is a social media site , basically. They inquire y'all thence laid a username as well as password as well as furnish perchance besides much personal information. And thence y'all confirm your email as well as you're in!
In what?
It is a weblog , of sorts , run yesteryear some lady who plant for Bank of America. You are asked to participate inwards surveys as well as y'all tin "respond" to weblog postings , but of class , cannot practise your own. And the alone weblog posting is "What is your stance of a dream vacation?"
Dream vacation? Um , this is supposed to last a site nearly finances , which I tend to cause got deadly seriously , equally it is indeed my survival at this betoken inwards life. Dream vacations? And similar lemmings , everyone lists their top iii destinations , amongst all sorts of gushing comments.
Some exclusive panel.
The alone other give-and-take was a "welcome" page which appeared to last shilled. "Bank of America is the greatest banking concern on the planet , perchance the galaxy!" ane gushes , "and Merrill Edge is the bestest house to invest in!!!"
Really? People verbalise similar that inwards existent life? I felt similar I was trapped inwards the middle of a Russian Troll Farm.
So I noped out of that nonsense. Fortunately , they offered an slowly agency to "cancel membership" without a lot of hoo-haw similar Facebook uses to driblet dead on y'all inwards , when y'all desire out.
But this alarmed me that my banking concern as well as ane of my investment houses is going all social media on me , as well as wants to cause got a girly-chat nearly finances as well as fun places to pass money.
I am non certain that social media is the correct house for an investment house. And I cause got written nearly Bank of America's to a greater extent than baser instincts before - how they desire to sell y'all on the stance that spending coin is OK thence long equally y'all "budget" for your java drinks as well as thence whorl your massive credit carte du jour debts over into a habitation equity loan.
It seems they desire debtors to a greater extent than than investors. It seems they desire the brainless , depressed drones who pass all 24-hour interval on social media. And the argue is unproblematic , depressed people brand fantabulous consumers.
There are no gains on social media , alone losses.
P.S. - dream vacation? I'm on opor-garai every 24-hour interval , my friend!
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