Comments on: Flixster me not http://blog.proud-geek.com/2007/03/08/flixster-me-not/ Taming that torrent of information Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:00:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Razor Blade Casserole http://blog.proud-geek.com/2007/03/08/flixster-me-not/#comment-27411 Razor Blade Casserole Mon, 25 May 2009 01:15:52 +0000 http://proudgeek.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/flixster-me-not/#comment-27411 [...] I have found some other pages complaining about sleazy flixter invitations. They tend to get some scummy message from a [...] [...] I have found some other pages complaining about sleazy flixter invitations. They tend to get some scummy message from a [...]

]]> By: A Flixster mix « Proud Geek http://blog.proud-geek.com/2007/03/08/flixster-me-not/#comment-52 A Flixster mix « Proud Geek Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:23:59 +0000 http://proudgeek.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/flixster-me-not/#comment-52 [...] you may remember, I posted a warning about responding to emails containing an invitation to join Flixster and how Flixster may [...] [...] you may remember, I posted a warning about responding to emails containing an invitation to join Flixster and how Flixster may [...]

]]> By: John http://blog.proud-geek.com/2007/03/08/flixster-me-not/#comment-48 John Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:55:23 +0000 http://proudgeek.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/flixster-me-not/#comment-48 I don't care what Joe says. I believe that the homepage URL included in the email invite is all you need to click to send the invite to everyone in your contacts. I don't know much about servlets and scripts, but if the url says flixster.com and nothing else, looks liek a simple homepage, why is the actual url include servlet/invite in it and why doesn't it take you right to the homepage. I can't verify it, because I don't want to click it again, but it's deceptive either way, no? I don’t care what Joe says. I believe that the homepage URL included in the email invite is all you need to click to send the invite to everyone in your contacts.

I don’t know much about servlets and scripts, but if the url says flixster.com and nothing else, looks liek a simple homepage, why is the actual url include servlet/invite in it and why doesn’t it take you right to the homepage. I can’t verify it, because I don’t want to click it again, but it’s deceptive either way, no?

]]> By: A Flixster Chance « Proud Geek http://blog.proud-geek.com/2007/03/08/flixster-me-not/#comment-33 A Flixster Chance « Proud Geek Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:10:01 +0000 http://proudgeek.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/flixster-me-not/#comment-33 [...] 10th, 2007 A few days ago, I wrote a post entitled “Flixster me not” warning people about invitation emails being sent out via [...] [...] 10th, 2007 A few days ago, I wrote a post entitled “Flixster me not” warning people about invitation emails being sent out via [...]

]]> By: joe http://blog.proud-geek.com/2007/03/08/flixster-me-not/#comment-28 joe Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:22:15 +0000 http://proudgeek.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/flixster-me-not/#comment-28 hi proudgeek, just stumbled upon your site via technorati... I am one of the founders of flixster... FYI, we absoilutely encourage new users to invite friends to the site (its about sharing movie ratings - not very useful without friends) - but we don't force anyone to do so and certainly never "steal" addresses from anyone's contact book. (We offer the ability to select friends to invite from your yahoo/hotmail/etc address book - but again, its optional and you get to choose who to invite and we don't store your password at all) Anyway - sorry to hear you had a bad experience. Feel free to ping me back by email if you have questions... best, joe hi proudgeek,

just stumbled upon your site via technorati… I am one of the founders of flixster…

FYI, we absoilutely encourage new users to invite friends to the site (its about sharing movie ratings – not very useful without friends) – but we don’t force anyone to do so and certainly never “steal” addresses from anyone’s contact book. (We offer the ability to select friends to invite from your yahoo/hotmail/etc address book – but again, its optional and you get to choose who to invite and we don’t store your password at all)

Anyway – sorry to hear you had a bad experience. Feel free to ping me back by email if you have questions…

best,
joe

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