Comments on: The Plaxo Virus

By: Geek Land | Let’s Not Put Tagged In The DeadPool Just Yet

Geek Land | Let’s Not Put Tagged In The DeadPool Just Yet — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:48:36 +0000

[...] as Plaxo showed to everyone’s dismay earlier this decade by turning invitation spam into an art form. Back in 2007 I noted that Tagged was very aggressive with address book imports: “Tagged is [...]

By: Let’s Not Put Tagged In The DeadPool Just Yet | Viningmedia Nieuws

Let’s Not Put Tagged In The DeadPool Just Yet | Viningmedia Nieuws — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:46:25 +0000

By: Let’s Not Put Tagged In The DeadPool Just Yet | The Good NET Guide

Let’s Not Put Tagged In The DeadPool Just Yet | The Good NET Guide — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:46:07 +0000

By: Let’s Not Put Tagged In The DeadPool Just Yet | Cellphone Ultra

Let’s Not Put Tagged In The DeadPool Just Yet | Cellphone Ultra — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:22:24 +0000

[...] as Plaxo showed to everyone’s dismay earlier that decade by turning invitation spam into an art form. Back in 2007 I noted that Tagged was very aggressive with address book imports: “Tagged is [...]

By: Let’s Not Put Tagged In The DeadPool Just Yet | TechDozer

Let’s Not Put Tagged In The DeadPool Just Yet | TechDozer — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:00:42 +0000

By: Plaxo 3.0 - All about sync : Mike Villar: Rising Internet Star

Plaxo 3.0 - All about sync : Mike Villar: Rising Internet Star — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:46:20 +0000

[...] I’ve been using Plaxo to organize and keep my contacts up to date for over a year now. Of course, I did so intense adverse criticism from the likes of Jason Calacanis and Web 2.0 snob par excellence Michael Arrington notwithstanding.Plaxo’s value proposition is novel yet incredibly simple–use the service to organize your contacts, update all your contacts with any changes in your contact information (new Phone number, new Email address etc.), and request/receive updates on changes on any of your contacts’ details. [...]

By: The Woodwork » Blog Archive » What people want

The Woodwork » Blog Archive » What people want — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:03:32 +0000

[...] First as a reducto ad absurdum, let’s consider an extreme case. Last year, back when I worked at Plaxo, I read this article from Michael Arrington, then of the rising star website TechCrunch. Stacy, Thanks for the note. I just hate the fact that I have to go to your site and go through a multi-step process to ask you not to email me anymore. And then I have to do that for each and every email address I have. And when I get a new email address I have to go through the process for that as well. Imagine if I had to do this for every site on the internet. Your model doesn’t scale. We don’t need to engage in a dialog here – I know what you are going to say and you know what I am going to say. I just hope, someday, you guys kill off this spammy feature. [...]

[...] Et si vous bloggez sur Plaxo ou exprimez votre mÃ©contentement en public, Plaxo vous enverra un de ses reprÃ©sentants qui tentera patiemment de vous contredire dans vos commentaires. [...]

By: TechCrunch » Plaxo: Now With Less Evil

TechCrunch » Plaxo: Now With Less Evil — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 01:11:50 +0000

[...] And if you blog about Plaxo, or otherwise publicly voice your discontent, Plaxo will send a representative to patiently beat you into submission in the comments. [...]

By: Rod

Rod — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 05:33:40 +0000

Wow, With is dialogue, I could have hit the delete key enough to kill all the precieved spam which plaxo sends and then some.