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From: Redgee Capili

To: plaxo@yahoogroups. com

Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:41 AM

Subject: RE: [plaxo] Update request facility & peronal profiles on Plaxo/Pulse

Hi Everyone

 

Apologies for not chiming in sooner but I wanted to address the issue as to why the "Pulse Update Request" feature has been removed.  Well, plain and simple - it was not as successful as the Invite method.  It was also constantly a point of abuse and in the end, it was having a negative impact to non-users as a spam source.

 

The Invite method, where your contacts would join Plaxo and in return their Contact information would sync with your address book, had a much much higher accept rate, less spam complaints and to some, removed the "creepy factor".

 

It was a very hard and long decision but we finally reached the conclusion, through data and feedback, that Update Requests were nowhere near as effective as the Invites.

 

At this time, we don't have any plans of bring back this feature. (sniff).

 

Redgee

 

 

 

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From: plaxo@yahoogroups. com [mailto:plaxo@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Jan Burnett-McKeown
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 9:11 AM
To: Plaxo Yahoo Group
Subject: [plaxo] Update request facility & peronal profiles on Plaxo/Pulse

Is there some way I can still send out a simple address update request to my contacts (as there used to be in Plaxo), without them having to connect to or join Plaxo/Pulse? I read the response to an earlier similar query on 18/07/08, which seemed to indicate that this was not presently possible, without one's contacts also joining Plaxo/Pulse. If you send your contacts a request to join Plaxo/Pulse, but they opt not to join, there now appears to be no other automated way of getting their updated contact information via Plaxo, as there once used to be. Does Plaxo intend to restore this updating feature in the future?  I certainly believe there is still a much needed place for this facility within Plaxo, especially for one's contacts who do not wish to join Plaxo/Pulse for whatever reason.

 

On another matter, today I noticed that I now have a personal "Profile" on Plaxo/Pulse, which includes my photo (quite a recent one), and a reasonable amount of personal information (all of which appears to be publicly available via Plaxo/Pulse) . I cannot recall ever placing any of this information within Plaxo/Pulse. The way some of the personal information is worded, it looks suspiciously as though it may have come straight from my Facebook profile, which is supposed to be set so that only my Facebook "friends" can view the information (and I presently only have about 15 registered "friends"). The photograph also looks as though it has come straight from my Facebook profile, as that is the only internet site where I have posted that particular photo. Can you tell me whether the "profile" information made available in Plaxo/Pulse is taken directly from Facebook? I don't really want all that information made publicly available through Plaxo/Pulse, and I have no idea how it got there. Any information you could provide regarding this matter would also be appreciated. Thank you.

 

 

Jan Burnett-McKeown