I've been told over the years that people often only take the time to
write about something if they really love it or if they really hate
it. Which means that a great deal of people who are somewhere in
the middle don't really take the time to express their opinions. It
can make researching something online difficult...
a service. I can understand how someone could read the anti-MLM stuff
and still feel that there is enough positive presented to make the
choice to join.
A bunch of years ago I bought a new computer. I had used a PC my
entire life and was quite comfortable with how they worked. When I
was considering what type of computer to buy, it was before Macs were
as easy to use and to switch to as they are now (IMO, of course). It
was also before Apple started their current marketing campaign and
before everyone had an iPod. I researched it on the internet, I
talked to people who had used Macs forever, I talked to people who had
switched, etc. It was almost all extreme positives or extreme
negatives. I actually found using a Mac difficult when I tried a few
times. And then a close relative bought a Mac and loved it, and that
was the one thing that convinced me to switch platforms to one I had
no idea how to use and to one where at the time, a great deal of the
programs I used were not Mac compatible. And it turned out to be a
*great* decision.
You read a bunch of really negative or really positive things about
Quixtar on the internet. You're on the fence, leaning toward no. But
a close friend or relative is doing Quixtar, and they have nothing but
good things to say. You trust this person's judgment and you believe
that they would never knowing mislead you. So you join.
Yeah, I know, my examples are very loosely related. But it's often
that family member or close friend that convinces you to overlook your
own misgivings. I had a family member in an MLM years ago, and she's
told me that the reason she joined was because a close friend was
involved. She got out after about a year, and pulled other people out
with her, but she doesn't believe she would have joined if someone she
really trusted hadn't presented the idea to her.
-EA
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