Comments on: Spock looks interesting http://www.webmetricsguru.com/archives/2007/04/spock-looks-interesting/ Web Analytics, Social Media and Art Musings Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:05:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ryan http://www.webmetricsguru.com/archives/2007/04/spock-looks-interesting/#comment-1662 Ryan Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:02:19 +0000 http://www.webmetricsguru.com/2007/04/spock_looks_interesting.html#comment-1662 <p>Beware! It may not be so hard to get an invite after all.</p> <p>In signing up, Spock asks for access to your email address book (Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail), insisting -- like most respectable social networks do -- that it's only going to check for people you know who have already opted in and registered for their site. I did this a week ago, and of course didn't find many contacts on Spock at the time.</p> <p>Earlier today, Spock went ahead and spammed all my contacts with Spock invites... and in Gmail, that's a lot of people, many of whom were only one-off correspondents. I even got invites sent to my other e-mail accounts, telling me I've invited myself.</p> <p>This is bad, bad form for a site like this, and doesn't help it fight the ominous cloud many sense over what it's trying to do.</p> Beware! It may not be so hard to get an invite after all.

In signing up, Spock asks for access to your email address book (Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail), insisting — like most respectable social networks do — that it’s only going to check for people you know who have already opted in and registered for their site. I did this a week ago, and of course didn’t find many contacts on Spock at the time.

Earlier today, Spock went ahead and spammed all my contacts with Spock invites… and in Gmail, that’s a lot of people, many of whom were only one-off correspondents. I even got invites sent to my other e-mail accounts, telling me I’ve invited myself.

This is bad, bad form for a site like this, and doesn’t help it fight the ominous cloud many sense over what it’s trying to do.

]]> By: Schwo.com http://www.webmetricsguru.com/archives/2007/04/spock-looks-interesting/#comment-1661 Schwo.com Thu, 24 May 2007 00:39:58 +0000 http://www.webmetricsguru.com/2007/04/spock_looks_interesting.html#comment-1661 I’m giving away invites to Spock, a new social search site. I see spock as a way to control what people will find when they search for your name online. For instance when you search for Andy Schworer the first link isn’t this blog or even ... I’m giving away invites to Spock, a new social search site.
I see spock as a way to control what people will find when they search for your name online. For instance when you search for Andy Schworer the first link isn’t this blog or even …

]]> By: Ian Houston http://www.webmetricsguru.com/archives/2007/04/spock-looks-interesting/#comment-1660 Ian Houston Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:01:31 +0000 http://www.webmetricsguru.com/2007/04/spock_looks_interesting.html#comment-1660 <p>People editing information about other people where the that information is presented in a way the lends to perception of the identity of a person. Sound like it has the potential for new and exciting libel suits. ;-)</p> <p>It will certainly be interesting to see how the presentation mitigates this issue when reputations are at stake.</p> <p>-Ian</p> People editing information about other people where the that information is presented in a way the lends to perception of the identity of a person. Sound like it has the potential for new and exciting libel suits. ;-)

It will certainly be interesting to see how the presentation mitigates this issue when reputations are at stake.

-Ian

]]> By: Jay http://www.webmetricsguru.com/archives/2007/04/spock-looks-interesting/#comment-1659 Jay Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:11:04 +0000 http://www.webmetricsguru.com/2007/04/spock_looks_interesting.html#comment-1659 <p>Hi Marshall - I'm sorry about the delay in getting you into spock. We have been trying to get things just perfect. I'll make sure you get an invite this week. Can you send me an email at jay@spock.com and I'll put you on the VIP list for invites this week.</p> <p>thanks<br /> Jay - co-founder Spock</p> Hi Marshall - I’m sorry about the delay in getting you into spock. We have been trying to get things just perfect. I’ll make sure you get an invite this week. Can you send me an email at jay@spock.com and I’ll put you on the VIP list for invites this week.

thanks
Jay - co-founder Spock

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