Many thousands of people make an excellent living via multi-level marketing.  Not sure why you think its a scam.  A lot of the products (such as AmWay) are excellent as well.  What I hoped happened is that you educated this person about bitcoin which possibly might open the door for MLM to use bitcoin in some fashion. 

MLM are you kidding?

MLM = Multi Level Marketing.

It doesn't equal scam, but a lot of those using the word "MLM" are using it to camouflage a pyramid scheme.

I'd say this is promising news, if all MLM, pyramid and ponzi schemes starts using bitcoin the demand will be massive!

On the other hand, it kills me inside to think about how easy some of these coming scammers will get off. But, maybe people who chase these scams and gets burned deserve it, they should know better.... at least they'll be taught a lesson.

In my case, I felt morally obligated to make BungeeBones.com multi-level but started from the same beginning as the skeptics of it. Here's what made me go to MLM:

I had created my own script (a web directory) that can be installed on yours (and any number of other) websites that pulls its links and categories from my server. In other words, all the installs pool their traffic and their link subscribers. One advertiser gets listed in all locations.

Each location, in turn, gets to market the total traffic volume in the network (which is much greater and a better product than just the traffic their site generates). In return, they get a 50% perpetual commission (in Bitcoin) for each ad sale they make. No moral or ethics dilemma so far right?

But, uniquely, since every advertiser is also a prime candidate to add yet another web directory to their own site as well, and, if they do, they too start to generate sales FOR ME, then I felt paying an over-ride commission on their sales to the site that first registered them a requirement for my own conscience (since if they had never registered them and sold them advertising I never would have gotten them to add a web directory too and start making sales). The site that registered them was the prime and procurring cause I got them as a web directory installation site.

I did a lot of research into the difference between MLM (legal) and pyramids (illegal). As I understand it, the difference is that a pyramid makes their money by selling the membership or the business "opportunity" rather than a product like MLM does. So, in order to stay as far away from that line as possible I don't pay anyone for recruiting another web directory but only for the ad sales of their recruit. And I don't charge for the "business opportunity" either since the web directory is free as well as my management services of the directory are free also.

I hope that helps clarify the difference.

MLM's are very scammy in general. There might be some honest work in MLM's, but generally that "industry" is very, very scammy. I recommend everyone to avoid those. You can use google and research why people think MLM's are scams by default, I think it is a no-brainer.

I don't find this response the least bit ironic.

Yeah Bitcoin is a sort for MLM too, so MLMs can't be a scam, rite?

The thread will probably keep me entertained for at least 2 hours
Like those at the top?
Did that tell you a MLM salesmen?
Entirely not.

I tried explaining that to mom too.

Amway isn't paying her to market their goods, she's paying them to market their goods. It's backwards.

No, not a scam. Nothing is being mis-represented.