Fie on Motley Fool! It is henceforth banned from my kingdom.
While reading an innocuous article
I made the mistake of clicking on the link at the side.
It led to a long, tedious, prick-tease presentation about an unnamed stock (which never was named) that was touted as one of the biggest moneymakers in history. (“Become a millionaire!”) The screen ran like a video, but there was no pause button or opportunity to see how long it was.
(I let it run with the sound turned down while I watched something on TV; after 20 minutes, I gave up.)
What was it? Very simply a long bait-and-switch bit of hype to pay $150 a year for a Motley Fool newsletter.
It was not just a matter of a chump offer, but the fact that they so abused my time in making it. It shows contempt for their audience.
It was being locked in a basement with a fat, sweaty salesman with bad breath who was intent on selling you a timeshare on a condo in Arkansas.
What did I learn from this? Motley Fool has become a champion of sleaze. I will henceforth boycott their site, and urge everyone within the range of my voice —digital or otherwise— to do the same.
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