Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Walking the Line
While we're complaining about social software spam, here's another one:
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I got a strikingly similar message last week from yoName.com as well. To me, this completely crosses the line -- the fact that someone else has searched for my e-mail address doesn't give these sites permission to spam me in a thinly veiled attempt to drive traffic. Even though the idea behind these services is interesting, I won't be using them -- especially now that I know they will e-mail whoever I search for.
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Dear Rachel,
Someone researched your reputation on Rapleaf by searching "rachel@lisjobs.com".
To view (or update) your profile, check out:
http://www.rapleaf.com/pub/Rachel-Singer-Gordon
Even though your profile is incomplete, the person who searched you found some basic reputational information on you. At Rapleaf, you can find such information as age, location, history, social network links, and more on over 60 million people.
-Your friends at Rapleaf.com
www.rapleaf.com
I got a strikingly similar message last week from yoName.com as well. To me, this completely crosses the line -- the fact that someone else has searched for my e-mail address doesn't give these sites permission to spam me in a thinly veiled attempt to drive traffic. Even though the idea behind these services is interesting, I won't be using them -- especially now that I know they will e-mail whoever I search for.
Labels: rapleaf, socialnetworking, spam, yoname
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Paranoia
So I got several pieces of spam today from "Adoption Option...."
... and apparently we're sending 21k more troops to Iraq.
I'm scared to post anything else!
... and apparently we're sending 21k more troops to Iraq.
I'm scared to post anything else!
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Newsletters and Spam
Just a note -- for any of you all who have subscribed to LISjobs.com's Info Career Trends newsletter via an AOL or Yahoo! Mail account, apparently the last couple of issues (at least, sigh) have been blocked. I'm in the middle of an escalating incident report with AOL, but meanwhile, do feel free to read the online version, subscribe to the RSS feed, or unsubscribe and resubscribe with an alternate address. Thanks, and sorry for the inconvenience!
