By Commodore Trevor
I have been seeing a lot of buzz about a social platform called onG.Social. I don't know much about this platform, but I have been seeing ads for an ICO and since I enjoy working with Cryptocurrencies I thought what the Hell let's give it a shot and see what this is all about. The Marketing is catchy and highly polished. When I signed up and went to the site there were some glaring oddities that I experienced.
First they were really pushing the $47 per month in free social media tools. What those tools are though are still a mystery to me. From what I can understand between the monstrous Whitepaper and the overly complex user guide, they basically allow you to cross post on Google+, LinkedIn, and Facebook at the moment. Ok that's cool but there are other free apps that can do that.
Next is the the massive whitepaper that they are trying to push. Yeah I enjoy reading different coin's whitepapers, but this one is extra long. It introduces the potential user to their overly complex system of rankings. I thought Steemit was complex when I first started using it, but this is even more so. The message that was really pushed this whitepaper is that the platform is a new etherium based block chain that will revolutionize your social media experience. Buried in the finer print though is that the platform is intended as a tool for social media marketers to cross post quickly and easily and get a share of the revenue. I will admit that this is a cool concept and as a social media marketer I spend a lot of time using these tools to get my message out.
At this point I decided to look into it more because I use these tools anyway so why not get some crypto while I am doing it. My next impression however is that this thing is trying to be a cash cow. They are pushing the ICO, plus there are ads all over the site. This probably helps with an influx of money initially, but the site also promises to give you a 10% share of the action.
What the hell are they giving me a 10% share of...at this point I am so confused that I turn to the Quick Start guide. After reading about 15 pages of this behemoth I just say screw it and I want to poke around on the site. Seriously my job is digital and social media marketing and I am getting lost on this thing...some quick start.
So I started to poke around the site and the first thing I am confronted with is a banner asking me if I want to get an 80% share of the mysterious profits. Naturally because I am a human programmed to consume and think more is better I say "Ok lets see what you have to offer". The link drops me on this shiny page:
With premium this and gold that it gets my consumer side thinking "God Platinum Premier! It's platinum but better!" But then the marketer side of me is thinking "Damn fine lipstick on a really pretty pig." At this point I am wondering what kind of value the $800 unobtainium package offers. I know it says 799.99 but lets face it...more marketing BS. What could a I possibly be getting from this amount of money that would produce a profit to justify me spending that kid of cash. Ok too much so lets look at the features of the gold package. This is about the same price as my web hosting and I already get almost all of that plus the whole Gsuite of products. Oh also I get 100% of my ad monitization on my site.
At this point the complexity is so high that it should turn off most users and I know it is still in beta, but with all of the marketing hype I would not expect this:
This just seems so unpolished and the site is riddled with broken links.
My most major concern however is to get paid out they are requiring a lot of personal information including bank accounts and tax forms. Firstly I am not willing to give that out to just anyone online. This just feels wrong like I am asking to have my identity stolen. Second it seems to go against the cryptocurrency principals of decentralization since they are blatantly asking for all of my private information...and not just business information.
Personally I probably wouldn't try to spend any time using this platform, but if you have some positive experiences with it or other insight that I am missing please drop me a comment with your thoughts.
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