This is an excellent article. I couldn't stop myself from uploading it:
http://network21amway.blogspot.com/2011/04/truth-about-amway.html
Because Insider is a paid liar, the real truth about Amway has been revealed - and IBOFightback has been exposed.
For those who are familiar with the history of deceptive Amway business practises, this is huge news: David Steadson, aka IBOFightback / IBOFB / Insider / Insider201283, who has been suspected of being paid by Amway for years, has finally been exposed as a paid professional shill / public relations imposter, and we have proof of it.
It's like "selling your soul" for the sake of the great dollar.
For those who are unfamiliar with David Steadson, his ignorance is only rivalled by his arrogance in the eyes of the public. He'll go to any length to prove his opinion, no matter how ridiculous or untrue it is. He appears to make a profession out of lying and spinning the truth, which appears to be what he does on a daily basis.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with David Steadson, he is essentially the lone pro-Amway advocate on the internet today. A minimum of 20 (we identified 23+) websites are operated by him, with the goal of improving public perception of Amway, Network 21, and multilevel marketing schemes in general, as well as suppressing any information that does not portray these organisations in a highly favourable light.
What is already known about his work as a distributor? What are his qualifications?
According to one source from November 2008, IBOFB was not attempting to establish an Amway business and had not been fully operational since 1999. "This business" was transferred to his ex-ownership. wife's In 2008, a "David Steadson" operated a 100-watt photovoltaic (PV) firm in Australia. Amway Australia's website claimed that IBO number 6195154 David Steadson from Queensland, Australia had qualified for the minimum bonus level in 2008, according to the data.
What is the source of this inconsistency? "I've owned and operated six different and distinct Amway businesses," IBOFB claims.
One might wonder why someone would own and operate so many Amway businesses. There is reason to be suspicious.
When asked about his numerous Amway enterprises on December 17, 2009, he responded, "I currently have three."
That was less than a year and a half ago, and yet we were just informed last night of an interesting claim made by Insider just a few days before "While I was actively building an Amway distributorship more than a decade ago, I have not done so in many years, and the business has been transferred to my ex-ownership. wife's In the same way that many others do, I continue to keep my Amway membership solely for the purpose of receiving Amway items "It appears that the truth regarding Amway and David Steadson changes whenever it is convenient for him, resulting in yet another deception and deceptive behaviour on his part.
Some of his propaganda websites are as follows:
http://www.amway.com/nedami
http://www.thetruthaboutamway.co / www.thetruthaboutquixtar.com / ttaa.biz / http://www.thetruthaboutamway.com
http://www.amwaywatch.com/
http://mlmliberal.blogspot.com/
http://amwaynorthamerica.blogspot.com/
http://quixtarbusinessreview.blogspot.com/
http://quixtatic.blogspot.com/
http://amwaylatin.blogspot.com/
http://www.amwaywiki.com/
http://amwayaustralia.blogspot.com/
http://www.amwaytalk.com
http://amwayeurope.blogspot.com/
http://www.amwaywatch.com/
http://amquixvideo.blogspot.com/
http://ibofightback.vox.com/
http://ibofightback.livejournal.com/
http://www.amwaypricecomparisons.com
http://www.mlmfacts.net
http://www.nedami.com - Network 21's official promotional website
http://www.youtube.com/user/insider201283 Do you have a problem with intellectual property?
http://twitter.com/#!/ibofb
and these are only the ones we came up after a few minutes of inquiry; there are likely many more out there.
It's not clear whether the name is a reference to working from the inside of the firm rather than just as an IBO, or whether it's a reference to the movie about the real-life problem of major tobacco companies, law suits, coverups, and public relations gone awry.
Why would you want to do this, and what would be the motivation for someone to manage a large number of websites all committed to the same cause? Running a hobby site or two takes a significant amount of time and dedication that most people would rather not waste their time on; running a hobby site or two is beyond obsession and more akin to a profession. Severe lengthy rants on Wikipedia by a close-minded individual are enough to support him as a part-time job in and of themselves. Even though I do not have the time nor the inclination to read and dissect his over 2000 contributions / propaganda efforts, which are primarily focused on Amway, Network 21, and MLM related articles under the alias Insider201283, the truth is obvious to any half-intelligent person who reads any of his edits on any of his articles.
I've been made aware of the following things in particular:
He is publishing contributions that are strongly prejudiced, in an attempt to eliminate or minimise all unfavourable features.
Changing the way things are said to make them sound far better than they actually are (like replacing the term pyramid scheme, or attempting to remove it all together etc)
blatantly deceiving
Publishing news releases, some of which contain information that is not yet available to the general public (which is proof enough of some dubious inside connection).
Generally, the articles are written in a way that they sound like promotional materials and advertisement brochures.
His own websites are being used as references, and he is lying through his teeth to say he hasn't done so.
Attempting to discredit and character assassinate anyone with a valid fact that does not match his not so secret purpose is one of the lowest types of debate and is indicative of someone whose argument has no foundation and is unworthy of consideration.
As a result of his arguments falling flat on their faces, he employs these tactics frequently on Wikipedia, as well as on all of his other websites and those of others. While smart people can see through this cheap trickery, there are certain demographics where it may be effective. For example, the less intelligent, more desperate in life people that pyramid schemes seem to attract, who are not by nature critical thinkers, but are more like easily led sheep, may be susceptible.
I believe that a few minor efforts are being made to keep him in check, but I believe that most people have more important things to do with their time than to sit on Wikipedia and make hundreds and thousands of edits while childishly arguing the rules to the same extent that he and a few other people on there do. Whatever the situation may be, that is a very deplorable excuse for a life.
So, where is the smoking gun evidence that David Steadson is being compensated to promote such businesses and surf the internet all day in an attempt to improve their public image?
There is a mountain of circumstancial evidence, as previously stated, as well as little things like Amway/Network 21 removing other people's videos due to copyright claims, while allowing "Insider201283" to post all of these official Amway videos (and who do you think provides him with these videos in the first place):
Recently, our attention was drawn to these mysterious places that had been discovered:
www.tribetalk.net
www.tribetech.net
David Steadson is the only person who has registered with us.
732536211 (phone) or david@steadson.com (email) for further information.
From the following websites:
"Reputation management in the Internet Age" is the title of this article.
The company TribeTech provides professional internet community development, monitoring, reputation research, and crisis response services on a global scale.
"Whether you like it or not, you and your organisation are being spoken about on the Internet, whether you want it to be. Using our unique cross-discipline knowledge in internet technology, public relations, social media, and marketing, we can assist you in developing and maintaining a favourable brand presence on the web and in the marketplace.
• THREAT ANALYSIS & DETECTION
AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO A CRISIS
• OPTIMIZATION FOR SEARCH ENGINES
• MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
• DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY
• PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL MEDIA
• MANAGEMENT OF ONE'S REPUTATION
• THE INFLUENCE OF STRATEGIC INFLUENCE"
Amusingly, that's exactly what he's currently doing for Amway, which is a great description of his role. To our ears, this sounds a lot like guilt. That is an unambiguous admission, as well as evidence that he is a hired public relations shill.
Where do you find the time to run your reputation management / propaganda business when you're already devoting enough time to your tonne of Amway sites, arguing on the internet, doing legal document research, and constantly corresponding with official Amway employees, enough to easily be a part-time (if not full-time) job? It's simple: just combine the two! For years, everyone on honest and legitimate Amway blogs and websites has been making these accusations because it appears to be self-evident, but there has never been any hard evidence to support them aside from his completely disengenous posts that are not at all credible to anyone with a functioning brain. People have been debunking his lies and credibility (as well as reporting his true level of involvement in the Amway business) for years, and they are well aware that they should never believe anything he says, especially when he disguises his warped opinion with facts and an undeserved authoritative tone.
As a result, it makes perfect sense that Mr Steadson is being compensated by some section of the Amway organisation, and if you ask us, the fact that he has a website dedicated to these very charges is fairly strong evidence!
Which raises the question of who is responsible for compensating Mr Steadson for his efforts: Amway Global, Network 21, Jim Dornan, Alticor, or some other enigmatic Delaware corporation? It is unlikely that he would ever come clean about who pays him for his reputation management services, but my money would be on the IBOAI, or some other broad Multi Level Marketing organisation, or some other Amway front group, to pay for his services. This is just another checkmark in the box for these deception merchants.
The whole thing now makes perfect sense, and the final piece of the puzzle has been placed in place, not that he ever had much credibility to begin with anyhow.
It is enough proof that the Amway system is a failure for him to be running these firms and working in other IT industries, as documented on his other websites, to prove his point. As a result of his more than ten years in Amway, he is clearly not living on a tropical island paradise, but is instead working at least one JOB and is continuously occupied; in addition, his wife has left him, which is not really the picture of a successful Amway person, is it? Can you believe that this person is essentially the public face of Amway and a self-proclaimed expert on the company's products and services?
Even if we couldn't establish that Amway was paying David Steadson, and even if we couldn't prove that
for the sake of argument Let's pretend he didn't have a vested interest and was truly motivated by his passion for the firm, regardless of whether or not it was successful. At best, he is a crazed zealot, likely to have some kind of serious mental disorder. What sane person would champion Amway so fiercly, and waste so much time with
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