QuantumTom(technically) creative

So, what happens when no one can see past an IPO? Demand Media (and its financiers) is finding out the hard way.

the company’s stock hit its all-time low yesterday, after a strong IPO in January. since the summer, it’s been all downhill, with Demand shares off 50.4 percent since early May.

Since it went public, the stock is off 63.1 percent.

via Wall Street’s Demand for Demand Media Falls Off – Kara Swisher – Media – AllThingsD.

So this is what a BS/BA at a top tier school gets you these days, eh?

These guys are pretty scandalous. I’ve never signed up for their service, but they trick new users into letting them scrape their e-mail contacts.

And there is something off about their faux Transatlantic demeanor…

This unsubscribe link has some obvious flaws in it; it looks like a Python variable name is coming through their code as a literal.

Tell me, buddy, is the ’username_encoded’ supposed to be part of the URL show up in the e-mail? Who’s making these e-mails?

Somebody call the FTC.

I’m going to make three predictions:

1. They will say they are not legally responsible their e-mail campaign.
3. They intend to IPO at $25 / share.
2. They use Python.
4. They are full of shit because this URL is deliberately laden with tracking parameters (current Google Analytics campaign ID info).

Full URI as it appeared in the e-mail:

http://www.woome.com/alerts/unsubscribe/’username_encoded’ /?utm_source=woom&utm_medium=emal&utm_content=unsub&utm_campaign=failedviptest