Today I received a SPAM message on Whatsapp. It asked if I was interested in making some money with little effort.
I was curious, so I played along.
Turns out what they're asking for are likes on youtube videos.
Specifically, they want likes on videos from BIG_ORGANIZATION.
The simplest explanation is that BIG_ORGANIZATION hired a promotion company who in turn is paying spammers to get likes on their videos.
I wish I was able to do my part to make them stop. But I honestly don't know what to do.
I was about to shame BIG_ORGANIZATION here in this post, but that's not my point.
My point is: what can we do to stop this kind of behavior?
Secondly, I think we've all been wondering that since email has become a thing, right? This kind of behavior will continue as long as people play along and as long as everyone is on the internet someone will play along.