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tzs • last Friday at 11:47 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

> This is what we actually call a Ponzi scheme

I don't see how a Ponzi scheme involving paying to reserve a future product is even possible. One of us does not understand what "Ponzi scheme" means.


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runtime_terror • yesterday at 1:35 AM

I think is more just traditional fraud

moogly • yesterday at 7:29 AM

One might argue (successfully, I'm not sure) that the influencer referral link program was a form of Ponzi scheme.