Avoiding 'Get Paid' Bullshit

Some recent happenings in the Wonderful World of PTR has reminded me that it's about time I posted another 'Watch out for assholes' type post. Because believe it or not, there are plenty of them around, if you get involved in this type of online earning.

You'd think the small amounts of money involved would automatically keep the Asshole Factor fairly low. But you'd be wrong. For three reasons. First, some people are assholes for free. Second, some people will become assholes over very small amounts of money. And third, some people actually put a lot of time, money, and effort into all this and make a fair amount of cash out of it all. Some of those people are seriously warped, and they play rough.

So please. be. careful. Trust no one (except me, of course!). Assume something's a scam until you figure out otherwise. Eat more veggies. When it starts to be more hassle than it's worth, move on.

Regular readers (Hi Mom!) might be wondering why I'm posting a rant right in the middle of my normally helpful and informative blog. To be honest, when I started this thing I meant to have more ranting. I feel like I really haven't included anywhere near enough ranting, and I'm afraid that failure could unintentionally paint too rosy a picture (yeah, reading email ads for $1 an hour is real rosy, ain't it?), and I wouldn't want that. So expect more ranting in the future.

And eat more veggies.