Sometimes I think I learn everything the hard way. The other day I received an email from the mother of one of my daughter's friends saying she wanted to connect with me at Reunion.com. "No thanks," I thought when I read the message. But, then, I didn't want to snub this woman, either. After a few days of feeling like an oaf for leaving the message in my email inbox, I followed the link to Reunion.com and set up an account so I could reply. Before I realized it, the site scarfed my entire address book and sent an automatic message to everyone asking them to "connect" with me. I am more than a little burned because I had professional contacts in this address book.
Nevertheless, I have heard from friends and associates I haven't heard from in a while--including professional contacts who have offered me more work. Go figure. And here I was about to die over this stupid mistake. I'm glad to know a lot of good and gracious people, though I'm sorry this happened.
Nevertheless, I have heard from friends and associates I haven't heard from in a while--including professional contacts who have offered me more work. Go figure. And here I was about to die over this stupid mistake. I'm glad to know a lot of good and gracious people, though I'm sorry this happened.
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No problem Sandy, been there. You just can't tell who's selling what these days. I'm glad you got some positive responses to it though.
ReplyDeleteevery cloud ... well you know --the silver lining:)
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my website, Mike's Show-N-Shine. That was quite an experience for you with the "recommended" site visit. I have always been a bit cautious of signing up for something like that. I guess my cautiousness isn't unfounded!
ReplyDeleteMike
Things happen for a reason .. there is no such thing as a coincidence!
ReplyDelete:-Daryl
Sandy that thing did that to me to lol. I was so mad about it getting my address book.
ReplyDeleteA very intersting read! You just never know!
ReplyDeleteOh well, something good came out of it so it wasn't all bad. I just hope that when I signed in to see if I belonged that it didn't do the same to all my friends!
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed Friday.
I am glad you received some positive feed back.
ReplyDeleteI too got a email regarding this. Its ok!
ReplyDeleteThis exact thing happened to my niece and she was upset too, Sandy! Glad you got some work out of it! :D
ReplyDeleteI just never sign up for anything and don't click anything. I have been on computers on the Internet since they first made it possible to get on the Internet and in the beginning those kinds of things didn't happen. I know it is hard to believe but the only way to get on the Internet then was by AOL or CompuServe and those services would shut your down or boot you offline if you typed in a word like "breast" and other words. Somebody sued AOL as I recall and they had to do away with that practice so that opened up words like "models" and then "nude models" and before long everything was OK.
ReplyDeleteThere were legitimate sites that asked for and got social security number on their sites and they were not secure sites in those days. Lots of things happened then before the crime guys got wise.
Anyway, since those days of innocence, I don't sign up or open anything unless I know the person and then sometimes if I didn't ask for it I don't open it.
How frustrating! I'm glad it worked out ok in the end.
ReplyDeleteIt's good when something good comes from an Oops! :)
ReplyDeleteFunny how it ended up actually working out, though. I'd be like you - not wanting to join up. Yet I love my Facebook. Go figure!
ReplyDeleteI've tagged you for a Six Things Meme.
i would also be irritated, that seems like such a cheek! I have a similar feeling about facebook, although they always seem to respect your wish to choose who to connect with. I just can't shake off the somewhat paranoid feeling that somewhere down the line we may come to regret being linked up by sites like this, maybe it is a hangover from reading George Orwell's 1984, and a feeling that the more things we register for on the internet, the more we are buying into a sort of "big brother is watching you" scenario! (not that it stops me from blogging happily, hehe)
ReplyDeleteThe "hidden" option for invite your address book is a new phenomenon that's not pleasant, as you discovered. Some places handle it much better, like gmail. I don't like seeing the message to invite so-and-so to gmail everytime I get a note from someone who doesn't have it. But at least you can easily control if you do or if you don't.
ReplyDeleteNo problem here either -- I was just confused. Why did I need to go sign up IF you already sent me an invite and had my email? lol
ReplyDeleteThank you for the warning, Sandy. I'm still not confident with the Internet and have a lot to learn.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I like about you Sandy - even if you hadn't renewed old contacts you wanted to renew, or got offers of work, you would still have seen the positive of this. Me? I just get angry and stressed! You so chill me out! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteblessings in disguise?
ReplyDeletestill the privacy failures are quite alarming. hmmm.
Thanks for being here.