This post is my apology to all the friends or contacts who received an invitation from me to join StumbleUpon. Sorry, everyone! I’m a stupid, stupid guy, who was tired and made a stupid mistake:
I was getting bored on StumbleUpon last night, and saw a link saying something like “see which of your friends are already on Stumble”. Clicked it, and the program was asking my Gmail password. I trust StumbleUpon, it’s a nice site, so I input my password. A nice looking page appeared, with a list of 20 something friends who were found to already have SU accounts. A button besides it, saying to Connect with them. I clicked it, and…
THE HORROR.
It said something like “sending invites to your contacts to use SU”. What? When did I agree to this? What on earth is happening?
I clicked Stop in the browser, went back to the page before and… THE SHOCK: below the fold, two page downs away, there was a huge list of all the people I’ve ever sent exchanged email from within Gmail. 500 persons: my teachers, bosses, ex-work-colleagues, ex-girlfriends, business partners, and, fucking, more. 500 people who got spammed, receiving an email that claimed to come from me. Well.. it did come from me, but I never really ment to send it.
I’m furious, but mostly I’m embarased.
Sorry, all! I won’t spam you again with an apology mail, but I am apologizing here. Sorry!
Pe vremea asta…
- 2007: Azi 2007-11-13 pe Twitter
- 2006: Reminder
- 2004: Au bord de la Seine
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Software engineer; master in cercetare algoritmica la Ecole Polytechnique Paris; a lucrat in Paris in software bursier.
November 14th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
aha, si eu care credeam ca ai trecut on the dark side
da stumbler nu e ca delicious?
November 15th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Eu for one iti multumesc. Vroiam sa incerc de mult site-ul dar cumva n-am ajuns niciodata sa-mi fac cont.
Si eu era sa cad in capcana. M-am oprit cu cateva milisecunde inainte de a apasa butonul. Atunci observasem “trucul”.
@ciprian: Nu e ca del.icio.us, e mult mai timewasterish. Adica ai un buton mare Stumble intr-un toolbar care daca-l apesi te duce la stie-uri interesante in functie de ce domenii ai completat ca favorate. Si pe ideea asta ai o serie de filtre gen stumble videos, images, etc. E grozav cand stai la calculator si n-ai ce face totodata fiind foarte periculos daca vrei sa fi productiv.
November 16th, 2007 at 6:53 pm