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Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down?

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1121 points alokedesai | 1 comments | 28 Oct 15 19:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pavornyoh ◴[28 Oct 15 20:08 UTC] No.10466999[source]▶
Yeah, it looks the same with little tweaks. My question is did those magazines feature flymaids as they are stating?

EDIT: The site looks the same and that is a clear fraud hence my question.

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kajecounterhack ◴[28 Oct 15 20:09 UTC] No.10467013[source]▶
According to the article, no.
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pavornyoh ◴[28 Oct 15 20:11 UTC] No.10467041[source]▶
That's a bit brazen to make those claims on the site. They can get into trouble for that and also ruin their own reputation. So I am thinking the site is a little joke? When you click on help and go to FAQs, it labels questions as "HOT".

I think it is a joke.

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pziddy ◴[28 Oct 15 20:16 UTC] No.10467077[source]▶
They didn't claim they were featured. They simply displayed the logos. Lots of affiliate marketing sites do the same thing.

I'm not defending the practice of course.

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1. ceejayoz ◴[28 Oct 15 20:22 UTC] No.10467121[source]▶
It's entirely possible that including the logos is a trademark violation.