I haven't. However, my mother got into Amway in the 80s and a couple others a bit later in the 90s. one of my brothers did for a bit too. They prey on desperate people in general who need some help.
I have enough experience young to never have got the urge at all. I understand it back in the 80s and 90s pre-internet though - now it just seems like a Nigerian email scam :) people still get hooked.
Mine was Amway, I went to a big conference in Birmingham.. it was packed with people. They were smashing alarm clocks stating, 'we don't need to get out of bed', we work for nobody but us.
Talk about cultish. My first SteemCamp was also in that city, I thought it was going to be the same!
There's a dude promoting a Crypto-Pyramid scheme on HIVE now, you will see it in Trending. It's proving unpopular.
I haven't seen it in Trending - but if it looks scammy - I generally don't even go in :)
They are very much like cults. The first set of people in to a country can make a massive amount. What I find interesting is that there are likely millions of people doing this daily still, yet most will likely earn more on Hive ;D
Amway was an incredibly successful MLM and as far as I know, is still running.
I was in ACN when I was 18 years old. What a waste of money xD
I haven't heard of them, but I err on the side that they are all a waste of time and money :D