Citations:hunbot

English citations of hunbot

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• 2020 December 18, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “The Internet Is Starting to Turn on MLMs”, in The Atlantic:

  Throughout the past year, the anti-MLM group on Reddit has been documenting what it refers to as the efforts by the “hunbots” to “infiltrate” TikTok.

• 2019 November 29, Alley Pascoe, quoting Instagram user “jiniandtonic”, “5 Women Reveal The Moment They Realised They Were In A Pyramid Scheme”, in Marie Claire‎^[1]:

  I am so frustrated to see an MLM at the same market as women owned businesses that have built their shit up from the ground up, not with a $99 starter kit. […] #antimlm #pyramidscheme #hunbot #mlm #mlmfail

• 2021 October 11, Paige Nicewaner, “Nicewaner: Hey, girly: Exploring the hidden world of the multi-level marketing industry”, in The Standard: Missouri State University:

  Junior non-traditional student Allie London said “hunbots” frequently take advantage of vulnerable women by convincing them to join the MLMs they work for.

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• 2018 June 17, Bottlesoup, Hunbot Analysis and Solutions‎^[2]:

  "According to lots of anti-MLM bloggers and podcasts, a hunbot is a direct sales or MLM enthusiast who calls everyone hun."

• 2018 December 3, Captain Cassidy, “Yes, MLMs Are a Cult”, in Patheos:

  I had to dive into the hunbots' profiles to find out what their "amazing business opportunity" was.

• 2020 January 28, Barb Hudson, “Why You Shouldn’t Join an MLM; Why MLMs Are Horrible Side-Hustles”, in Making It Home:

  I am a reformed hunbot. You might be asking, “Barb, are you an idiot? How did you fall for it so many times”? Well, honestly it was because I believed the crap they fed me about how I wasn’t working hard enough, that if I wanted it bad enough I would be successful.

• 2020 December 17, Kaitlyn Tiffany, What TikTok's MLM Ban Means‎^[3]:

  "Hunbot is the common term of disparagement for an internet MLMer, because of their tendency to recruit with copy-pasted, impersonal messages that typically start with the fake warmth of “hey, hun.”"

• 2021 January 28, Captain Cassidy, “MLM Coaches: Scavengers of a Declining Industry”, in Patheos‎^[4], archived from the original on 2021-01-29:

  An MLM scavenger offers all kinds of services aimed at totally teaching hunbots how to totally make bank in their totally legit small businesses.

• 2021 April 8, “Season 4;Episode 2: Click here for a life-changing opportunity”, in Marketplace:

  At some point, the message takes a turn. This person who slid into your direct messages isn’t just selling a product, they’re usually selling the “life-changing opportunity” for you to sell that product too. What you’ve got there is a “hunbot,” and they’re involved in multilevel marketing, or MLM.

• 2021 April 18, Karen Johnson, MLMs Aren’t Just Bad For Your Finances — They’re Bad For Your Friendships‎^[5]:

  "The Reddit post says that after responding several times that she “was not interested” in all the parties her “friend” kept inviting her to without her permission, the MLM-er “replied with a bunch of hunbot ‘I’m too busy building my empire for your negativity # byefelicia.'”"

• 2021 September 20, Lux Alkazar, "Drinking the Girl Boss Kool-Aid", in Pelican, vlume 92, edition 5, "Name/less", pages 26 and 28:

  Okay, look. I know these types of messages and 'hunbots' are a well-known meme at this point. […] The drinks are sold as loaded teas [...] I'm not going to list all the stores, because having an army of hunbots come after me once in my life was enough, but consider anything alluding to sipping, gulping, blending or mixing in the name to be a red flag. Or anything called a 'nutrition studio'. Or anyone offering a dollar discount if you post about it online.