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If it were a scam you think they'd ask for money
Found in the "medical studies" section of the Dig: http://www.menwithcramps.com/
No, go ahead, take a look. Browse around a little.
What is this? An elaborate joke? A way to waste the newsprint of alt-weeklies nationwide? A desperate attempt to anchor a bunch of spam-blogs with a slightly less obviously fake site? Part of some viral marketing or "real life/online" game? I'm really kind of puzzled. There's no genuine contact information, the location is given in vague terms that make no sense in our particular local geography, and their "board of directors" is a bunch of people with only-superficially-reasonable credentials (and mostly lacking in institutional anchors that would let you confirm or deny their existence).
I don't get it at all.
No, go ahead, take a look. Browse around a little.
What is this? An elaborate joke? A way to waste the newsprint of alt-weeklies nationwide? A desperate attempt to anchor a bunch of spam-blogs with a slightly less obviously fake site? Part of some viral marketing or "real life/online" game? I'm really kind of puzzled. There's no genuine contact information, the location is given in vague terms that make no sense in our particular local geography, and their "board of directors" is a bunch of people with only-superficially-reasonable credentials (and mostly lacking in institutional anchors that would let you confirm or deny their existence).
I don't get it at all.