03/29/05
Yahoo! 360 is a spammer's dream come true
Direct marketers will love the new Yahoo! 360. It appears that someone could easily create a script that will extract the Yahoo user ID from the "Friends" pages, and send out highly targets emails to 360 users based on their interests found in their profile (or just plain old non-targeted spam).
Just hold your cursor over the "send an IM" text to see what I mean. [Update: disabled!]
Hey, there, Marc Canter. Do I have a good deal for you!
[Update: 4:20PM]
Randy Farmer says on his blog that the 'leaked' Yahoo ID problem has been fixed. First day out of the super private arena and into the elite arena, and a big bug has already been squashed.
Wow.. I'm almost impressed. Except that it's not 'fixed' at all. The links have simply been disabled. Well, better that than the other.
Glad to know the good folks at Yahoo read this shit.
07:56:56 am, Categories: Spam
whatsonyourmind Flickr tag
Who cares what's in your bag?
Show me what's on your mind.
[Update: April 4]
After two weeks of paitently waiting for Flickr to 'approve' my new account, I've simply run out of patience.
Account deleted.
03:49:54 am, Categories: Yahoo
More Yahoo! 360 blogs available
Click the links below to see more Yahoo 360 blogs
Niall Kennedy, Jee, Kevin Marks, Frederique (81 friends, so you can view more blogs and profiles, etc., from her spot).
Take a look at a sample friends page and groups page.
It all looks so bland and boring. They could do so much more. (Why are these companies so afraid of taking intelligent risks?) But, for a beta, there's lots of room for improvement.
