Comments on: How Referral Key’s Spammy Practice Embarrassed Pollyanna

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 19:18:25 +0000

In reply to Paul Farmer. Nice to know it's still helping others. :-) Spam fighters of the world unite. :-) Thanks, Paul!

By: Paul Farmer

Paul Farmer — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 20:51:03 +0000

I was spared embarrassment by reading your blog, which I googled because I wanted to be sure. So count me as another person you saved, and have been saving for over 5 years now.

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:27:43 +0000

In reply to Ralph Liam. Don't know how I missed that one, Ralph. ;-) Thanks for sharing.

By: Ralph Liam

Ralph Liam — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:31:24 +0000

In reply to Cathy Miller.

LinkedIn didn’t mirror Referral Key’s spammy technique so much as pioneer it. Hopefully last year’s court settlement (http://time.com/4062519/linkedn-spam-settlement/) will act as a warning to Referral Key, LinkedIn and others

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Fri, 08 May 2015 13:05:09 +0000

In reply to Christian. I am glad you did not get pulled into it, Christian. ;-)

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 07 May 2015 15:22:23 +0000

I received that email right now. Good thing I googled it first. Thank you Cathy!

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Thu, 22 May 2014 12:36:50 +0000

In reply to Jack Campin. Interesting point, Jack. I only recently learned through an unscientific poll I wrote about at my business writing blog that LinkedIn was doing that. It is under the heading, Loathing spam. You're right, similar to Referral Key, there is a small box that is pre-checked to send emails to all imported contacts from your address book. And I agree, Jack. It mirrors Referral Key's spammy tactic. I don't feel the same way as you do about LinkedIn. Not because of LinkedIn but because of the good contacts I've made there. Every social media platform has its flaws. I do thank you for sharing your view, Jack. I guess it's safe to say I won't see you around LinkedIn. ;-)

By: Jack Campin

Jack Campin — Wed, 21 May 2014 23:49:32 +0000

I don’t see how this behaviour is any worse than what LinkedIn does themselves already. I have repeatedly had “invites” from people on LinkedIn, always unsolicited on my part, usually sent unwittingly by the other party, and always repeated three times. This is simply an electronic chain letter.

As far as I’m concerned LinkedIn are spammers, I will never use their service, and I hope they crawl into a hole and die. Knowing that somebody is a member of LinkedIn would be a reason for me to want nothing to do with them.

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Mon, 19 May 2014 17:44:22 +0000

In reply to Huey. Don't you just love Google? At least for that reason. ;-) I'm glad you did not get snagged, Huey. Thanks for commenting.

By: Huey

Huey — Sat, 17 May 2014 15:34:34 +0000

Hi Cathy, thanks for the post. I received such email and thank my lucky star that I decided to google before I sent the invites in ReferralKey and found your post. Thanks and cheers.