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
