Comments on: Freaking Shelfari http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/2007/07/20/freaking-shelfari/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:03:02 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Zashkaser http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/2007/07/20/freaking-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-30217 Zashkaser Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:39:15 +0000 http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-30217 hahaha ! this is good shit hahaha ! this is good shit

]]> By: Sanjukta http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/2007/07/20/freaking-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-22342 Sanjukta Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:41:20 +0000 http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-22342 "do we like the same books" should have been understood as "do we both like to spam other people's mailbox" As net users we also have a responsibility to be more careful of what sites we ourselves join and what invites we send out to friends...although shelfari is nothing more than a cheap spamming site, blaming them alone is not enough... My question..why send invites in the first place..whether bulk or not..I don't want no body sending me invites...I'll help myself There are other sites which probably didn't adhere to such tricks as shelfari did, nonetheless I get at least 5-6 such unsolicited invites everyday from various sites.. these are invites my friends, in all their merry, with whole lot of love, consciously chose to send..annoys me like hell.. Xing, WRYN, Yaari.com, tagged and what not.. “do we like the same books” should have been understood as “do we both like to spam other people’s mailbox”

As net users we also have a responsibility to be more careful of what sites we ourselves join and what invites we send out to friends…although shelfari is nothing more than a cheap spamming site, blaming them alone is not enough…

My question..why send invites in the first place..whether bulk or not..I don’t want no body sending me invites…I’ll help myself

There are other sites which probably didn’t adhere to such tricks as shelfari did, nonetheless I get at least 5-6 such unsolicited invites everyday from various sites.. these are invites my friends, in all their merry, with whole lot of love, consciously chose to send..annoys me like hell.. Xing, WRYN, Yaari.com, tagged and what not..

]]> By: PAgent http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/2007/07/20/freaking-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-21174 PAgent Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:12:11 +0000 http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-21174 Josh, if you were serious about not offending new members, you could change the sign up process so that A) clicking the "Send Invite" button only sent invites to the contacts on the part of the page that you could SEE, and B) make the default setting for potential contacts UNchecked, rather than checked. I really thought you guys had just made a stupid mistake, but after reading this mealy-mouthed and insincere apologia, I'm beginning to think you guys are actually evil. Josh, if you were serious about not offending new members, you could change the sign up process so that A) clicking the “Send Invite” button only sent invites to the contacts on the part of the page that you could SEE, and B) make the default setting for potential contacts UNchecked, rather than checked.

I really thought you guys had just made a stupid mistake, but after reading this mealy-mouthed and insincere apologia, I’m beginning to think you guys are actually evil.

]]> By: Josh http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/2007/07/20/freaking-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-20760 Josh Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:07:05 +0000 http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-20760 Thanks for all the feedback. We in no way designed Shelfari to force people to send invitations to their friends. While we make it convenient, we leave the decision entirely up to our users. There is a clear link to "skip making friends now" on the page where we provide the option of importing your email contacts. Importing email contacts is an optional step. We ONLY send invitations to the email addresses which are selected when the user clicks on invite friends. Please send us any suggestions to improve this process. The whole point of Shelfari is to share your books with your friends. For this reason we have made this process easy. At the same time, we really do want our product to be clearly understood. While a different genre then romance, <a href="http://www.shelfari.com/harrypotter/" rel="nofollow">check out the Harry Potter contest</a> we just launched. We are giving away a signed first edition of the first book in the series. Happy Reading, Josh <a href="http://www.shelfari.com/" rel="nofollow">Shelfari</a> Thanks for all the feedback.

We in no way designed Shelfari to force people to send invitations to their friends. While we make it convenient, we leave the decision entirely up to our users. There is a clear link to “skip making friends now” on the page where we provide the option of importing your email contacts. Importing email contacts is an optional step.

We ONLY send invitations to the email addresses which are selected when the user clicks on invite friends.

Please send us any suggestions to improve this process. The whole point of Shelfari is to share your books with your friends. For this reason we have made this process easy. At the same time, we really do want our product to be clearly understood.

While a different genre then romance, check out the Harry Potter contest we just launched. We are giving away a signed first edition of the first book in the series.

Happy Reading,

Josh
Shelfari

]]> By: Dear Author.Com | Suffering Shelfari Spam? Opt Out http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/2007/07/20/freaking-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-20747 Dear Author.Com | Suffering Shelfari Spam? Opt Out Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:13:47 +0000 http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-20747 [...] While I like to know what people are reading, I’m not interested in getting spam. There was a suggestion at Angie W’s blog that Shelfari overtook your address book and sent out the invitations [...] [...] While I like to know what people are reading, I’m not interested in getting spam. There was a suggestion at Angie W’s blog that Shelfari overtook your address book and sent out the invitations [...]

]]> By: Minx Malone http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/2007/07/20/freaking-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-20741 Minx Malone Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:35:17 +0000 http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-20741 I keep hearing about this Shelfari thing (mainly people apologizing for anyone they've inadvertently spammed) but I still don't get why people like it so much. Like you said, I can see people's books on their website just fine. Anything that basically invades my computer to get email addresses is not something I'm interested in. Minx I keep hearing about this Shelfari thing (mainly people apologizing for anyone they’ve inadvertently spammed) but I still don’t get why people like it so much. Like you said, I can see people’s books on their website just fine. Anything that basically invades my computer to get email addresses is not something I’m interested in.

Minx

]]> By: veinglory http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/2007/07/20/freaking-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-20728 veinglory Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:57:13 +0000 http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-20728 I checked, you do have to sign in with your gmail password and push a button marked INVITE to spam everyone you know. I am mildly surprised how many people did this without realising. But IMHO time for a Shelfari boycott for letting it go on. I checked, you do have to sign in with your gmail password and push a button marked INVITE to spam everyone you know. I am mildly surprised how many people did this without realising. But IMHO time for a Shelfari boycott for letting it go on.

]]> By: Karen Scott http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/2007/07/20/freaking-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-20726 Karen Scott Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:57:16 +0000 http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-20726 I've gotten lots too, but I just deleted them. I have no interest in visiting the site, never mind joining. I’ve gotten lots too, but I just deleted them. I have no interest in visiting the site, never mind joining.

]]> By: Mad http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/2007/07/20/freaking-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-20723 Mad Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:52:06 +0000 http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-20723 Amen! I've gotten plenty in the last few days but like you, refuse to even go to the site. Amen! I’ve gotten plenty in the last few days but like you, refuse to even go to the site.

]]> By: Joely http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/2007/07/20/freaking-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-20721 Joely Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:51:58 +0000 http://nicemommy-evileditor.com/blog/?p=1013#comment-20721 Oh, Lord, I hope I didn't screw up when my friend set me up today. I deselected everybody, but I couldn't get past the screen. The only button was "send invites." So I clicked only myself--my gmail backup account. Hopefully I didn't spam anybody! Oh, Lord, I hope I didn’t screw up when my friend set me up today. I deselected everybody, but I couldn’t get past the screen. The only button was “send invites.” So I clicked only myself–my gmail backup account. Hopefully I didn’t spam anybody!

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