Comments on: Does Plaxo flood your inbox with connection requests?

By: Valeria

Valeria — Sat, 31 May 2008 20:48:30 +0000

So, what does it mean if I get an e mail from Pulse and it says :
Dear Valeria and Cletus (not his real name)
(This guy you know) wants to add you as a contact.

Does this mean he has us on his page as contacts and this Pulse thingie invited us or does this mean he is inviting us himself?

By: c.kreiterling@metro-mgs.com

c.kreiterling@metro-mgs.com — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:53:15 +0000

the same goes here, a lot of plaxo spam. I dont understand.

By: a.

a. — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:16:01 +0000

They are spamming me as well…
I got some email from some German sounding person I have never even heard of, I’ve definitely never been to Plaxo, and what a miserable way to offer only “opt-out@ when I have never and would never ever want to opt in to that!
My tolerance to spamming is sort of low, so if any of my friends would do that, I think I’ll remove them also in Linkedin and Facebook.

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By: Paul M. Watson

Paul M. Watson — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:28:10 +0000

Well a friend who wasn’t a member of Plaxo (as far as she knew) got a Connect request from me after I hit Connect next to their name in the Plaxo Pulse stream.

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:17:44 +0000

John,

you may want to re-think that. I’m getting flooded with connection requests from complete and total strangers.

Pulse started out with a good name. You are in danger of losing that fast.

By: John McCrea

John McCrea — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:00:00 +0000

When you see a “connect” button in Pulse, it is an indication that the person is a Plaxo member. Clicking it will *not* send an invitation to a non-member.

We are experiencing a growth surge that has taken us a bit by surprise. (Pulse is still in beta; we have just started to promote it to our address book user base.) As part of that surge, a lot of users are connecting to a lot of other users.

By: Paul Browne - People and Technology

Paul Browne - People and Technology — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:31:50 +0000

In a previous iteration, Plaxo was notorious for spamming the contacts you had listed on it to get them to sign up for Plaxo service - after many complaints the publicly renounced this policy and promised to be on their best behaviour.

From your blogpost, I’m not sure if they’ve really bought into the Mindset that you’re just lending them your data, and that you still own and control it …

Paul

By: Paul M. Watson

Paul M. Watson — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:16:09 +0000

Apologies if you got a Plaxo email from me today, Tom. I got several emails from Plaxo and one took me to a page saying “Connect to Tom on Plaxo.” I assumed it was a “Tom is already on Plaxo, just connect” kind of action but after doing the same thing for another friend I was told it is sending out emails to non-members. Very annoying, there is no warning from Plaxo. The wording is all “Connect.”

Plaxo was doing well for awhile but they seem to have fallen back to old habits. Sad.

By: Ryan Coleman

Ryan Coleman — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:20:15 +0000

I wonder if the difference in being able to designate the type of relationship.

With Facebook or Twitter etc. they imply a certain intimacy. I know I’ve found myself reluctant to “follow” some people on Twitter as it actually feels a little stalker-ish.

When you put the context of “Business Connection” in the mix it’s a little less personal so people are probably more likely to send the request.

Also - if people have you in their address book Plaxo will make a loose connection automatically by keeping your info up to date in their address book. If a lot of people have you in their address book you’ll also get suggested as someone to connect with…