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Viadeo: social network acting like a common spammer

6 January 2012

in Marketing, Privacy/Security, Social Networks, SPAM

Viadeo is an international social network with some 40 million professionals.

Yet Viadeo’s email solicitations do not include a single, direct REMOVE link. In addition to the ugly, aggressive internet marketing method used by Viadeo, this may actually put it on the wrong side of the law in the US.

Instead, the unfortunate recipient of unsolicited membership “invites” from Viadeo — SPAM by layman’s definition — is required to register for Viadeo membership before s/he can request to have themselves removed from the Viadeo system altogether — on the assumption that such total removal is in fact done, something that this writer is not prepared to test.

This is akin to offering a rapist a second round in order to get him to leave you alone…

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Spam, Spamming, and Spammers

5 January 2012

in SPAM

Unsolicited email is not only annoying: it is intrusive, time-consuming and costly to manage; potentially loaded with highly damaging attachments; and it is often illegal. Therefore, it is important to report activities that are, or might be, spamming, and publicly expose those engaged in such shameful practices.

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