That time a scammer set his eyes on Steemit...

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Yesterday was interesting...

This dude @matttrainer posted what at first glance was clickbait. A $10 million dollar prize for for a new game? Okay... What else am I reading? So of course, I click.

What I read was textbook rushed mindset selling which is often pushed by get-rich-quick guys and MLM marketers. Packed full of lines like "my newbie grandma made $60k+ in her first month!" blah blah. Reading the whole thing, I knew before I got to the end that there was going to be either a webinar or buy-in. Sure as shit, the link to the webinar sign up was there at the bottom, urging everyone to come watch him talk about this amazing game which he had given no details about in his original post. Here's the article, even though it's been edited, but I'll get to that.
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@matttrainer/steemit-based-reality-game-announced-usd10-million-prize-pool

The guy had a lot of support, especially from some big people like @stan, but it wasn't enough to hold back the tide of unanswered questions. Posts like this one ==> https://steemit.com/scam/@samupaha/warning-potential-scam-mogul-build-your-invisible-empire start popping up all over the place, and the comments on the original announcement post were a mix of blind excitement and anger over the type of scheme taking place right in front of their eyes.

Before long, @matttrainer starts to lash out at everyone criticizing his "game", and tells numerous people "his team will make sure they can't play", even going so far as to threaten a libel lawsuit...

All the while, @stellabelle was there to defend the community as a whole, and the people within.

At one point, his "first post ever on steemit" had raked in an amazing $1000+, leading some to speculate there were shenanigans afoot. In any case, by the time I went to bed last night, the post had been downvoted to less than $600. When I awoke this morning, It had been hidden due to low ratings. The post was edited, all sales pitches removed, and what was left was a final insight to the type of "marketer" this guy really was...

I believe he may already have given up, and moved on to easier prey. I want to give a big shout out to the Steemit community for not letting this guy get his claws too deep into our network. People like that are poison, and it would have caused far more harm to the Steemit brand than it could have ever helped.