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March 27, 2005
Unlinking from Social Networks: Part 8
Posted by Stowe Boyd
I tried to quit Ryze today, a service I haven't touched in months. Becuase I have recently dropped my 'stoweboyd @ aworkingmodel.com' email address, getting into little used accounts can be a pain. Its almost funny: Ryze publishes the following on its login page: "If you are having other problems, please drop a line to loginhelp @ ryze.com thanks." And when I sent email to that email address, it bounced.
I managed to finally get all my email addresses redlined at LinkedIn, but it took a few days. At ZeroDegrees, it was more like four or five days to get my account cancelled, and they don't offer a redlining service (where you can opt out of getting new invitations to join).
I still have a few dozen to visit, like Orkut, Friendster, and I don't even know what else.
I am keeping involved in Last.fm, Flickr, and Plazes. And I will continue to investigate new sites, like Yahoo 360, as they come online: but in the future, I will opt out of them immediately, as part of my testing of their capabilities. It's like writing a good partnership agreement: be sure to structure any exit from the partnership up front, so no one is confused later on, if and when a breakup takes place.
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1. Yann on March 30, 2005 09:01 PM writes...
Hi Stowe,
you provide great contribution to the industry and to the people wondering which websites respect (at least) some obvious rules.
I suggest there should some common rules on these websites :
- one-click to unsubscribe
- one-click to link/unlink yourself from other(s)
- clear statement about the Patriot Act, when the adress book is hosted in the US and the owneship of data
- real testimonials from real clients
- fake and MLM detector
Can I suggest you to try openBC and let us know what you think, thank you.
To get (at least for one hour) a Premium membership, pls use my invitation link below:
http://www.openbc.com/go/invuid/Yann_Mauchamp
thank you and regards,
Yann
Permalink to Comment2. Yann on March 30, 2005 09:01 PM writes...
Hi Stowe,
you provide great contribution to the industry and to the people wondering which websites respect (at least) some obvious rules.
I suggest there should some common rules on these websites :
- one-click to unsubscribe
- one-click to link/unlink yourself from other(s)
- clear statement about the Patriot Act, when the adress book is hosted in the US and the owneship of data
- real testimonials from real clients
- fake and MLM detector
what do you think ?
Can I suggest you to try openBC and let us know what you think, thank you.
To get (at least for one hour) a Premium membership, pls use my invitation link below:
http://www.openbc.com/go/invuid/Yann_Mauchamp
thank you and regards,
Yann
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