Post by captainjack on Oct 4, 2015 13:58:41 GMT -8
Was the whole HFW brand was just a marketing ploy for Charles Como?
I knew there were people working behind the scenes of the HFW empire. I thought they were just little people here and there working on a small project and then vanishing. Most of them were fans of HFW and helped out on small things. But then I went back into my emails looking for a WordPress tool that was used in HFW servers for commenting. I came across an email in that Marina suggested I contact Charles Como.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marina Orlova <word@hotforwords.com>
Date: Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 5:32 PM
Subject: Charles
To: Captain Jack <captainjack63@gmail.com>
I told Charles to contact you regarding the project management system we use as well as the office. I'm in Vegas on my way home.
Charles does all the computer stuff.
We've all known that Charles Como was named CEO of HFW, but I always thought it was just a title for Marina wasn't a legal citizen of the US. I looked at his profile page on Linkedin.
He claims he's been the CEO since 2006. That's longer than I've been involved with HFW. I think I started sometime back in 2007 or early 2008 as just a follower. Which I think He was the boss long before Marina's first video.
Uploaded on Mar 2, 2007
This video is an introduction to Philology, is a combination of literary studies, history, and linguistics.
My website
hotforwords.com
So Charles being a software guy, was the creator of HFW.
Content Partner
YouTube
2007 – Present (8 years)Los Angeles
Created HotForWords
Creator
HotForWords, LLC
December 2006 – August 2011 (4 years 9 months)
All this time I had suspicions something wasn't right. Some of her emails were intelligent while others she seemed like a complete idiot. I suspect he was writing some of Marina's emails, building the website, setting up interviews, and so forth. I received many emails and worked with Marina on getting interview set up, but now I think I was just a front man. So was Marina, just the Youtube front woman. A facade! She worked for Charles Como.
He left HFW in 2011 and since then we have seen the brand fall apart. Many of you have suspected as I did that there was another puppet master at work, but I don't think anyone really was able to put their finger on it.
How much work did Charles do for the HFW brand? I haven't a clue. He didn't did shit with the constant attacks. That was the work of myself and all the TAs and dedicated fans. I guess Charles let us help out for it was less work for him.
This all is assuming what his Linkedin page says is true or not. Was he really the creator of HFW in 2006? Why didn't he tell me he was the CEO when I was the TA and handling much of the backend of the website, interviews, hackers, trolls, etc? Maybe he just wanted free labor. I'm really pissed! What a bastard!
What are your thoughts in all this?
CJ
I knew there were people working behind the scenes of the HFW empire. I thought they were just little people here and there working on a small project and then vanishing. Most of them were fans of HFW and helped out on small things. But then I went back into my emails looking for a WordPress tool that was used in HFW servers for commenting. I came across an email in that Marina suggested I contact Charles Como.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marina Orlova <word@hotforwords.com>
Date: Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 5:32 PM
Subject: Charles
To: Captain Jack <captainjack63@gmail.com>
I told Charles to contact you regarding the project management system we use as well as the office. I'm in Vegas on my way home.
Charles does all the computer stuff.
We've all known that Charles Como was named CEO of HFW, but I always thought it was just a title for Marina wasn't a legal citizen of the US. I looked at his profile page on Linkedin.
He claims he's been the CEO since 2006. That's longer than I've been involved with HFW. I think I started sometime back in 2007 or early 2008 as just a follower. Which I think He was the boss long before Marina's first video.
Uploaded on Mar 2, 2007
This video is an introduction to Philology, is a combination of literary studies, history, and linguistics.
My website
hotforwords.com
So Charles being a software guy, was the creator of HFW.
Content Partner
YouTube
2007 – Present (8 years)Los Angeles
Created HotForWords
Creator
HotForWords, LLC
December 2006 – August 2011 (4 years 9 months)
All this time I had suspicions something wasn't right. Some of her emails were intelligent while others she seemed like a complete idiot. I suspect he was writing some of Marina's emails, building the website, setting up interviews, and so forth. I received many emails and worked with Marina on getting interview set up, but now I think I was just a front man. So was Marina, just the Youtube front woman. A facade! She worked for Charles Como.
He left HFW in 2011 and since then we have seen the brand fall apart. Many of you have suspected as I did that there was another puppet master at work, but I don't think anyone really was able to put their finger on it.
How much work did Charles do for the HFW brand? I haven't a clue. He didn't did shit with the constant attacks. That was the work of myself and all the TAs and dedicated fans. I guess Charles let us help out for it was less work for him.
This all is assuming what his Linkedin page says is true or not. Was he really the creator of HFW in 2006? Why didn't he tell me he was the CEO when I was the TA and handling much of the backend of the website, interviews, hackers, trolls, etc? Maybe he just wanted free labor. I'm really pissed! What a bastard!
What are your thoughts in all this?
CJ