Well I guess we agree then, the leaders of the breakaway LDS sect of Mormonism is as truthful as a car salesman.
Posted on 11/30/2011 8:26:33 AM PST by greyfoxx39
An exmormon.org member writes: "I just got this email from mormon.org thanking me for creating a profile. I immediately logged on to see if somebody had created one for me. I didn't have one. It was a trick to get me to log into the create profile page".
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Message
Mormon.org User
The following message has been sent to you:
Church's Mormon.org Media Initiative and You
Dear Member:
Thank you for creating a mormon.org profile. We appreciate the time you have taken to create a profile and to "let your light so shine before men" (Matthew 5:16). We hope to provide regular updates about the results of the mormon.org media initiative, ideas for being involved in the initiative, and to share success stories.
The Initiative
The mormon.org media initiative has two components. An ongoing Internet and social media campaign and a television and outdoor advertising campaign in selected U.S. cities and Brisbane, Australia. The Internet and social media campaign have generated:
- Millions of first-time visitors to mormon.org
- Tens of millions of page views on the site
- Helped to cause over one million chats the past 12 months on mormon.org
The Internet and social media efforts are ongoing, with some exciting and fun things planned in the months ahead.
For those living in one of the current television markets, the media initiative is also producing exciting results. During the first month:
- New visitors to mormon.org are up 170%
- Page views are up 240%
- Chats are up 25%
- Over 50 news stories have been done about the campaign in the media markets
Ideas
Share Your Mormon.org Profile
Many members are finding it helpful to write the URL (web address) to their profile on the back of mormon.org pass-along cards. (Cards can be order through Distribution Centers, item #09428000.)
- To find your profile's URL, go to mormon.org, select "Our People" then "View Your Profile." Log-in to your LDS Account.
- When your profile appears, simply write down the address as found at the top of your browser. Some members have been creative. For example, some have printed stickers with the URL that are then attached to the back of pass-along cards. Other members have included their profile's URL on their Facebook page and Twitter account. Others have included it as their signature on personal email accounts.
Using Social Media
Many members are finding the use of social media helpful in sharing the media initiative with family and friends. Mormon.org has official pages on Facebook
What would you call this if not deceptive? "Thanks for creating the non existent profile that we expect you to now create since you will arrive at the page that indicates your cooperation is a done deal."
one lady who sends me lists of files that need actions, but thanks me for doing them as if they were already done (as she does expect them to be done in the near future).
IMO, It's doubtful that most people would accept this kind of treatment.
... thought some might like to understand the reference
I am impressed on how you were able to spin obvious deception into a non issue.
I can’t see into the heart of the person who coded the web site, and I will even concede to you that deception is a possibility, I’m just saying that I’ve run across other things that seemed similar to me that did not seem like deception. I’m not a tricky person, so maybe I just lack the imagination to see it. If it is deception, it seems like an elaborate, yet lame plan with little to gain, the ‘deceived’ simply closes the follow up web page if he’s not interested.
Maybe it is deception, I’m not sure, I’m just saying I’ve run across other things that seemed similar to this that did not seem like deception.
Welcome to mormonISM.
Just wow.
Well I guess we agree then, the leaders of the breakaway LDS sect of Mormonism is as truthful as a car salesman.
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