Everyone and their uncle seems to have a social network these days but what do they all do and why would you sign up for yet another service? Signing up for a new Social Network seems about as useful as signing up for a new email account. To overcome this malaise, the folk at Quechup decided to spam the hell out of the contacts of anyone who signed up for the site. Once Quechup has access to your details and your Gmail/Hotmail account – their ‘Address Book Checker’ rifles through your contact list and sends out a Quechup invite without you knowing. OK, sure – it’s probably there in the Ts&Cs. PSFK has already received a few apology emails from people who feel they’ve been duped, no doubt you have to0.
Social Networking Turns To Spam With Quechup
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September 3, 2007
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No kidding, almost all the newer 2nd tier social networking sites are guilty of this including hi5. Worst it tricks you by impersonating someone you know, and saying he/she signed up and you should too.
September 4th, 2007 at 7:31 am
Thanks for posting about since I have receive several request to join and was curious about it.
September 4th, 2007 at 9:11 am