2010-04-29, 05:21 AM
Quote:I think if I'm not mistaken that it's a criminal offense to operate this way in the USA, if you are doing it for a fee to have members join into make believing there are actual real Online members, when there is actually nobody really online, you can be charged for this if a member decides to report your site to which they have proof that you are deceiving your consumers!
Actually, this is not illegal in the United States. The misrepresentation law is steered toward someone advertising a "good" and not selling you the what they say they are, or are in default all together. It is not geared toward a false amount of members on a website.
While this may not be "ethical" in some peoples eyes.. It is really on the administer, and actually would not make someone join or not. That is up to the person and whether they like the site or not and nothing more.