Opting In and Out of Plaxo

I think I did a stupid thing today. My curiousity got the better of me and I finally got Plaxo. And then, my mailbox got completely flooded with updates from Plaxo. And I got many messages from trusted friends telling me why they didn't use it : not wanting their personal details out there on the web Plaxo will autoemail all contacts of mine as it is sending plaxo ads under my name every quarter, under the ruse of updating contact info just don't trust them, they have access to all our contacts is this for real, is this 'phishing' they are *EVIL* Now I don't have any personal experiences for any of these - but I do trust my friends and blog buddies who, in my interest, wrote back to me. So am uninstalling it, deleting my account and am sorry to have bothered any of my readers with having to update your info on my behalf. On the other hand, Stowe Boyd wrote a piece way back in 2003 on Plaxo called Content Unmanagement. And he doesn't seem to feel it is spamming. I also discovered ...

06:33:59 December 4, 2005, Sunday (PST) Source: Dina Mehta: Social Tools Social Networks

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