Web Junk Confirmed!

We only had to wait a day to see the true reason behind the website.



I should have guessed as much when I saw the primarily "Orange" colour in the Ads. Looks like the real estate business is not doing too well and hence they had initially gotten into the furniture business and now travel. Or is it that they have made so much money from the real estate business and don't know what to do with it! :-) Either way, all the folks who went to the website and spilt their hearts out should be feeling pretty letdown with the true intent of the website! Crap!

Web Junk !?!

Those who listen to FM Radio in Bangalore or read Times Of India (Bangalore edition) could not have missed the rather uninspired Ads on a rather interesting topic. See below and here:



I was extremely interested to know what the intent of the website was. Was it to know why people who have settled down in Bangalore are thinking of retracing their steps (I know a few such cases). Or was it to know if Bangaloreans are contemplating leaving Bangalore (I don't know a single case). Or was it just a whacky new way of attracting readership for some newspaper like DNA Daily's Whats in Bangalores DNA or Bangalore Mirrors Get Bangalore talking campaigns.

As it turns out, its a damp squib. Its likely just a portal for people to say *something* and probably for some marketing folks to collect email ids. Unless something big is waiting in suspense, such websites just add to worldwideweb junk!

Stooopid!

There is this popular program on NBC called "Dateline NBC - To Catch a Predator" which tries to catch sexual predators who solicit minors online. I had seen this program back in the US a while back, but since the presentation and locale is very local to US, it doesn't air in India and the Indian channels have not started a rip off on this concept yet (I know they will soon, they always do!).



Happened to find the above video on youtube the other day! This decent looking desi guy gets scammed big time! The dimwit actually thought he would get away with it and notice how he first tries to wriggle out of it and actually asks "Am I gonna be in trouble..." Well... what did you think dopehead!