Ok, it’s confirmed, Spock is another spammy social networking site. Except unlike Plaxo, which informed you before annoying everyone you know, Spock hides its intentions. If you got an email “on my behalf” from Spock today, and you’re still my friend, I apologize. I would not have clicked the trust button if I had known it would email you…
Here’s what the email looks like (though I suppose you already know…):
From: Spock Team <[email protected]>
Date: Dec 6, 2007 12:06 PM
Subject: Stephen Foskett has requested your trust on Spock
To: [email protected]
Hi Future Spocker,
Stephen Foskett wants you to join their Trust Network on Spock.com.
Click here to get started.
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Unsubscribe: http://www.spock.com/do/public/request_unsubscribe
To the Spock team: This is a real problem. It said “request trust” not “annoy with email advertisement in my name”. The former means “put a little check box on the user’s page or something”. If you’re going to send email, you must warn people! If anyone’s listening, kill those emails now.
To all potential Spock users: Stay away. It’s another Plaxo-like virus. Avoid my mistake and just don’t use it.
Update: Now that the emails have gone out, the update emails to me are starting to pour in. So not only did 135 of my closest friends get Spock mails with my name on it, I’m now going to get some unknown number of alert emails as each of those people try out the site. Thanks! >:-(
Hi Stephen,
This is Maia from Spock. I just wanted to apologize for the mix-up. The address book import page looks like this, so you can see that we do actually say that an e-mail will be sent to each of your selected contacts. The majority of our users have not experienced any difficulties with the address book import process. Because several users have expressed concerns though, we will be changing the process this week to clarify what goes on at each step. We are currently revising our import process based on user feedback in order to make it as simple as possible, and the best experience for everyone. Please let me know if you have any suggestions on how to improve the process, and they will be taken into consideration during our redesign.
Best,
Maia
Hi Stephen,
This is Maia from Spock. I just wanted to apologize for the mix-up. The address book import page looks like this, so you can see that we do actually say that an e-mail will be sent to each of your selected contacts. The majority of our users have not experienced any difficulties with the address book import process. Because several users have expressed concerns though, we will be changing the process this week to clarify what goes on at each step. We are currently revising our import process based on user feedback in order to make it as simple as possible, and the best experience for everyone. Please let me know if you have any suggestions on how to improve the process, and they will be taken into consideration during our redesign.
Best,
Maia
Ha, I was wondering. Plus Spock seems to think you’re single, which I hope isn’t the case…
You totally managed to troll up a Spock customer service rep, though. Score!
Ha, I was wondering. Plus Spock seems to think you’re single, which I hope isn’t the case…
You totally managed to troll up a Spock customer service rep, though. Score!