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SheinhardtWigCo ◴[21 Dec 18 19:48 UTC] No.18735987[source]▶

Brave is a web browser that takes your money and claims to pay out to your favorite websites and content creators, but in most cases actually pays into a "user growth pool" that funds pyramid-shaped marketing (paying users to use the browser) and referral programs for partner content creators. How is that not fraud?

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davidgerard ◴[21 Dec 18 19:49 UTC] No.18736000[source]▶

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> How is that not fraud?

The answer appears to be "technically", and "sue if you think you're big enough".

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jblow ◴[22 Dec 18 00:53 UTC] No.18738121[source]▶

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I would be interested in suing them if they have a page up for me. How do I tell if they do?

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1. brandnewlow ◴[23 Dec 18 04:58 UTC] No.18744529[source]▶

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We don't publish pages for creators at all. We did ship bad UI in our browser that didn't make it clear to opted in users that non-verified creators like yourself aren't part of Brave Rewards.

We're pushing up fixes tomorrow that (we hope) make it a lot clearer: https://brave.com/rewards-update/

(Sidenote: Thank you for the Hedge Maze puzzles in the Keep. They were a gaming highlight for me last year.)

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