Comments on: Web 2.0 company Pageflakes resorts to Web 1.0 email spam http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/06/09/web-20-company-pageflakes-resorts-to-web-10-email-spam/ blogging is not a spectator sport Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:57:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chrono Cr@cker http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/06/09/web-20-company-pageflakes-resorts-to-web-10-email-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-8270 Chrono Cr@cker Sat, 10 Jun 2006 03:43:43 +0000 http://duncanriley.com/2006/06/09/web-20-company-pageflakes-resorts-to-web-10-email-spam/#comment-8270 Seth ... ROFL! It's a shame that Marketeers of Pageflakes find no otherway to popularize their service. If I were them, I would start some cool new feature which would instantly hook bloggers to link to them! But PF is a good service nevertheless Seth … ROFL!

It’s a shame that Marketeers of Pageflakes find no otherway to popularize their service. If I were them, I would start some cool new feature which would instantly hook bloggers to link to them!

But PF is a good service nevertheless

]]> By: Mike Chrysle http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/06/09/web-20-company-pageflakes-resorts-to-web-10-email-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-8202 Mike Chrysle Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:16:25 +0000 http://duncanriley.com/2006/06/09/web-20-company-pageflakes-resorts-to-web-10-email-spam/#comment-8202 Doesn't the fact that there was a typo in your name show the exact opposite? Humans make mistakes, computers generally not (at least mistakes of this type). Doesn’t the fact that there was a typo in your name show the exact opposite? Humans make mistakes, computers generally not (at least mistakes of this type).

]]> By: duncan http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/06/09/web-20-company-pageflakes-resorts-to-web-10-email-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-8186 duncan Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:09:21 +0000 http://duncanriley.com/2006/06/09/web-20-company-pageflakes-resorts-to-web-10-email-spam/#comment-8186 The fact that she got my name wrong is the clearest indication of all that this is spam: it's obviously been sent automatically, there was no serious attempt at personalisation, and when you send out automatic bulk emails that are unsolicited, it becomes spam, plain and simple. I get several emails every day (although not as much as I use to when I wrote The Blog Herald) with people pitching stuff to me, so I've got no problem as such with emails from companies or individuals, but I do have a problem when they are clearly bulk sent with no real attempt to personalise them, a single email from a company is a pitch, a bulk send is spam. The fact that she got my name wrong is the clearest indication of all that this is spam: it’s obviously been sent automatically, there was no serious attempt at personalisation, and when you send out automatic bulk emails that are unsolicited, it becomes spam, plain and simple. I get several emails every day (although not as much as I use to when I wrote The Blog Herald) with people pitching stuff to me, so I’ve got no problem as such with emails from companies or individuals, but I do have a problem when they are clearly bulk sent with no real attempt to personalise them, a single email from a company is a pitch, a bulk send is spam.

]]> By: Ole Brandenburg http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/06/09/web-20-company-pageflakes-resorts-to-web-10-email-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-8185 Ole Brandenburg Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:05:16 +0000 http://duncanriley.com/2006/06/09/web-20-company-pageflakes-resorts-to-web-10-email-spam/#comment-8185 She got your name wrong - forgive her that fault. Calling it spam seems harsh though. Asking a blogger if he's interested in offering his/her users to add a feature to their site that lets those users add the blog's RSS fee dto Pageflakes doesn't really seem that offensive and certainly offers value for you and the user. If you don't want to add the button that's fine of course. If asking and suggesting is not allwed anymore, well then we should all just stop communicating. Best regards Ole (yes, I do work for Pageflakes, big deal). She got your name wrong – forgive her that fault. Calling it spam seems harsh though. Asking a blogger if he’s interested in offering his/her users to add a feature to their site that lets those users add the blog’s RSS fee dto Pageflakes doesn’t really seem that offensive and certainly offers value for you and the user. If you don’t want to add the button that’s fine of course. If asking and suggesting is not allwed anymore, well then we should all just stop communicating.

Best regards
Ole (yes, I do work for Pageflakes, big deal).

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