curious about something

[mystal]

I see a lot of those little counters with how many cigs avoided/days quit counters on them that say 'get paid to quit'

anyone actually made money from them?
watched the vid but they pretty much lost me by using the word 'viral'..not that a virus on my computer is a worry since I use linux but virus just has all kinds of bad connotations..

 

[Rhetoric Camel]

I don't know if they mean they will pay you, or if they're saying it because by not buying a pack everyday will save you money therefore you will get paid for not smoking. All I know is I wish I took the money out of my bank and stashed it away every week so that I could have that $2,000 some odd dollars saved away instead of spent on other useless crap that I didn't need to spend it on. I guess it's not too late fro me to start now...

 

[mystal]

I can't even Think about all the coin I dropped over the years on analogs and all the attendant junk... I'll cry, loud and long

but you're right, not to late to start now.

 

[fifo]

Seriously, no one is paying me to quit. If anyone wants to, feel free. I'll give you my address or paypal account number.

 

[mystal]

that'd be the bomb, wouldn't it

 

[tribalmasters]

I've been vaping and stopped smoking too long ago for anyone to be interested

 

[Mac]

I have. Not only do I no longer buy cigarettes, but the money I spent on e-cigs was earned managing a store that sells them.

 

[Raenon]

Others have answered as to the purpose of the counters, but I'd like to address the "viral" phrasing...

It's become another buzzword to refer to anything that gains popularity without massive advertising dollars behind it to be "viral" as it's being spread person to person.
We used to simply refer to that as "word of mouth", but new methods and formats of communication change the context.

For more information on the context of "viral", refer to "viral videos" which are essentially any independently produced (not a fan of that term either) video uploaded to a youtube-type site, or shared over p2p programs or email which gains rapid popularity. Usually, these are funny or amazing feats.

 

[cerios]

I never even noticed that before

 

[Slighter]

It's a toolbar add on paying pennies to click on ads. SmokeFree Quitmeter. Questionable.

 

[Lab]

years ago there was a few of those click ad's and get payed I had a friend make a program that did the clicking when the computer was not used in 5 mins.. so it ran most of the day and all night. and was payed a bit over $300 the first month the second month close to 500.. then he handed it out to a few ppl and they released it public was up to around 500 again but since a bunch of ppl where useing the program they caught on and closed my account