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by wenxun 13y ago
This one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6455391
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by wenxun 13y ago
This is their previous checkout page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4592827
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by wenxun 13y ago
A quick count from these three websites showed several hundreds customers have fallen victims: http://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/www.justfab.com http://www.scambook.com/company/view/146/J
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by wenxun 13y ago
They have engineered their checkout page to be less deceptive. This is their previous page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4592827
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by wenxun 13y ago
Check out their previous checkout page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4592827
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by wenxun 13y ago
Check their previous checkout page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4592827 Maybe they engineered their checkout page to be less deceptive since last year, but the number of victims are still increasing: http:/&#
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by wenxun 13y ago
If you look at the edit history of JustFab wiki page, you'll see most of the stuff related to their shady business practice was added after last year's discussion [3] [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=459277
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by wenxun 13y ago
The credit card was issued by China Construction Bank. China's financial & banking system is not as advanced as the US, many Chinese people don't use online banking at all. Her father was the main card holder, and she was usin
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by wenxun 13y ago
Some people asked why it took her 8 months to find out [3]: she was studying for her Master degree in the US, didn't have a SSN, was using a credit card issued by a bank in her home country, her father paid the bill for her at home and
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Why can a scam company raise $40 Million Series C + $76 Million Series B?
1065 points by wenxun 13y ago|461 comments
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by wenxun 14y ago
My girlfriend was studying in the US at the time, she didn't have a SSN, she was using a visa card issued by the china construction bank, her father paid the bill every month and didn't notice anything unusual. She finished her study and re
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by wenxun 14y ago
p.p.s. Anyone could just simply google "justfab scam" to see how many others have been victimized. I'm surprised such large scale scam got unnoticed.
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Why was a scam company able to raise $76 Million Series B?
660 points by wenxun 14y ago|174 comments
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by wenxun 14y ago
I just stumbled upon this piece on Business Insider "JustFab Raises $76 Million To Create The H&M Fashion Brand Of The Web". http://www.businessinsider.com/justfab-raises-76-million-to-... It kept me wonder why a company with very qu
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Why a scam company was able to raises $76 Million Series B?(businessinsider.com)
5 points by wenxun 14y ago|4 comments
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by wenxun 14y ago
"In the study, which follows up on another report done last year by comScore called the Power of Like, the research firm found that being a fan of a brand on Facebook causes people to purchase that brand more frequently. For example, comSco
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Facebook defends against claims that advertising on the site doesn't work(online.wsj.com)
1 points by wenxun 14y ago|2 comments
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by wenxun 14y ago
http://www.pubup.org/
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by wenxun 14y ago
social news, yes, but the larger part of the Pubup.org site is for research papers and scientific journal articles, I believe this is the first of its kind.
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by wenxun 14y ago
Thanks for the catch, we changed the up/down buttons, can you check it again and let us know. Thanks!
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by wenxun 14y ago
This is a valid point, we definitely need to improve that, right now we don't have much content, it looks like an empty shelf, lol
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by wenxun 14y ago
Yes, that's a good point. I think in addition to sharing research articles and reviews, the PubUp system can also be used to post or link to scientific news, blog posts, or anything related to the community, that's why we have a "News" cate
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by wenxun 14y ago
We are trying to build a system where users can share papers (both published and preprint) they deem important, write a short review/commentary on the paper: why it is good or not good, what else can be done, whether the experiment can be r
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by wenxun 14y ago
Thank you for your input, yes, it is hard to attract users in this field, reaching a critical mass is even harder, and feel free to share the papers your read with PubUp. We just launched 3 days ago, and welcome all kinds of ideas. Can you
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by wenxun 14y ago
Yes, we built the site using an open source CMS, did very little customization, will definitely have to re-design the whole front page and everything.
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by wenxun 14y ago
Hi mende, thanks for your comments, a few things I can think of right now: 1. we want to change the current peer review system, instead of letting 2 or 3 reviewers deciding your paper's fate, why not take advantage of ALL peers in your fiel
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by wenxun 14y ago
A bit "About us": PubUp is an open access online platform for researchers to discover & share journal articles that are worth reading, to discuss scientific ideas that are worth spreading, and to connect with people who share similar in
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Show HN: PubUp, "Hacker News" for researchers & scientists(pubup.org)
40 points by wenxun 14y ago|21 comments
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by wenxun 14y ago
True, but it seems to me that Mendeley and us are addressing different aspects of the same problem
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by wenxun 14y ago
My friends and I build a website for scientists to discover & share journal articles that are worth reading, to discuss scientific ideas that are worth spreading, and to connect with people who share similar interests: http://www.pubup

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