Ecademy wants to pay me - Bad Idea

Posted by Jim Stroud

February 2, 2006

Something else I got in the mail.

Launched Today - The Ecademy Associate Program
http://www.ecademy.com/node.php?id=62277

The Ecademy Associate Program (EAP) purpose is to provide you with a referral fee for each new member you invite to join your Network and subscribe to Ecademy.

You receive 40% of the subscription for GreenStar and PowerNetworker and 20% of the subscription for BlackStar Life Membership.

We do hope you will join us today in sharing Ecademy with your friends and colleagues worldwide.

We call this “Winning by Sharing”.

For more details and to join EAP please click here:
http://www.ecademy.com/node.php?id=62277

Hmmmm… While I do applaud Ecademy for thinking along the terms of revenue sharing with its members, it makes me nervous on how my “requests to networks” could multiply exponentially should this catch up to the masses. I also think it flies dangerously against the spirit of what Social Networks are supposed to be - a way for people to connect with other people through people they actually know.

All to say, Ecademy thanks for thinking of me, but as soon as I get 3 feverish requests from a complete stranger asking me to pay to network with them online, I’m out. (Umm… make that 2 feverish requests.) And besides, I’m married to Linked In at this point anyway.