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Just 'Like' That, Legal Tweeters Can Grab Cash

By Eric Lipman

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When Bruce brought our Legal Blog Watch readers the news that law school graduate Rex Gradeless was getting paid to tweet ads for sponsors, Kevin O'Keefe was quick to comment, and didn't mince words: So you use software to get strippers, spamers, and God knows who else who doesn't know who the hell you are to follow you as a lawyer on Twitter so you can whore yourself for $174 a Tweet. Great use of a law degree. ;) Yesterday, Kevin was, himself, apparently extended an offer to join the world's oldest profession. As he posted here, Kevin was invited by a company called MyLikes to become a "premium influencer" on Twitter. What, you might ask, does that mean? From the email Kevin received: This is an invite-only program that allows power Twitter users such as yourself, to make money by creating Sponsored Likes/ads for advertisers you choose and post them to Twitter. You get to set a price per tweet and accept / reject advertiser offers and write your own Sponsored Likes/tweets. As you might imagine, Kevin was not too keen on the idea, calling it "disgusting," and a "betrayal of trust." Others, like some dude named Alex Wilhelm...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on April 30, 2010 (boomark / email).