HostGator fails at hiding "secret link"...Idiocy or clever?

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...on their JustCloud.com homepage.

Scroll to footer.

Can't decide if some nitwit forgot to hide the link or it was deliberately left there.

Also, if you're a hostgator customer, there's this free account.

But I'm not so sure it's different from the free trial on their home page.

Anyone using this service? Any feedback? I'm fairly happy with my hostgator dedicated servers (never used their VPS or really any other products) so I'm tempted.
 


overbech said:
"There is no catch - but there are a few rules:
Don't give this link out - let people find it on their own"

way to go asshole
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It's relatively early on a Saturday morning here. You want me to actually read shit? Bah.

+rep for catching me slipping, though. I should have seen that instead of just skimming.
 
It looks like Drop Box or any online storage service, except they're saying this has unlimted storage.

I wonder if it's like unlimited traffic for shared hosting? LOL

I'm PARANOID and don't store anything out on the net.

Lulz


I guess you REALLY should have posted this up then: http://www.justcloud.com/affiliates

You know, ASSHOLES just LOVE company on a saturday morning after having been up for like 37 hours straight now.
 
what's clever is their forum marketing tactics where they use real people and have them act like morons.
 
Mindcontrol via reverse psychology. (Secret link) to make you click it, then "Don't give this link out" to make you want to share it even more.

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WOW!!! Talk about sending thoughts out into the universe!!

LMFAO


I just got this in my inbox:

Greetings, Gators;
Today is officially “World Backup Day"!
Our whole lives are found on our hard drives. When a hard drive fails and the data isn't backed up, it's gone. And it's not a question of IF your drive will fail, it's WHEN.
Backing up your files doesn't have to be difficult. Backing up is simple and automated! JustCloud offers automated backups, unlimited storage space and a FREE Trial for HostGator Clients.

​

Get your free account here: http://www.justcloud.com/hostgator
This is something we HIGHLY recommend doing.

Some scary stats for those who don't backup their files:
  • All hard drives will crash during their lifetime
  • More than 1 in 10 laptops will be stolen in their lifetime
  • A laptop is stolen every 53 seconds
  • Every year 46% of computer users lose their music, photos, and documents
  • 50% of all hard drives will crash within 5 years
  • 89.1% of PC users don’t perform regular backups
  • A recent study from Gartner, Inc., found that 90 percent of companies that experience data loss go out of business within two years.
  • 70 percent of companies go out of business after a major data loss
Backup your digital life before you wish you did!
 
I got that email this morning (while half asleep) and saw the page and saw the "secret link"

Figured I'd ask people here about the service since someone here may have real experience with it.

Thought I was all clever by spotting some "secret link" that someone goofed and made public by mistake.

For that, I get called an asshole and basically a shill:

stickyicky said:
what's clever is their forum marketing tactics where they use real people and have them act like morons.
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Come at me, bro. I've had my coffee now.
 
Beach Affiliate said:
I got that email this morning (while half asleep) and saw the page and saw the "secret link"

Figured I'd ask people here about the service since someone here may have real experience with it.

Thought I was all clever by spotting some "secret link" that someone goofed and made public by mistake.

For that, I get called an asshole and basically a shill:



Come at me, bro. I've had my coffee now.
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lol dude i was kidding about the asshole thing. i 100% don't care and would've posted the "secret link" if i saw it first.
 
overbech said:
lol dude i was kidding about the asshole thing. i 100% don't care and would've posted the "secret link" if i saw it first.
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Ha no worries. I +repped you for the asshole thing when I saw it.

The guy that called me a shill can eat a fat bag of dicks, though. If I'm going to market something, it's going to be my shit and it damn sure isn't going to be in the one place online where even the dumbest people would be able to spot it and call me out on it.
 
overbech said:
lol dude i was kidding about the asshole thing. i 100% don't care and would've posted the "secret link" if i saw it first.
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Beach Affiliate said:
Ha no worries. I +repped you for the asshole thing when I saw it.

The guy that called me a shill can eat a fat bag of dicks, though. If I'm going to market something, it's going to be my shit and it damn sure isn't going to be in the one place online where even the dumbest people would be able to spot it and call me out on it.
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k..

All is good now...


Time for a group grope and then off to bed!!
 
I've been using Wuala and trying out Bitcasa. Might try out this too. No support for Linux though ;_; (at least not yet).
 
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