I'm frustrated at the "new" (but certainly not "improved") Plaxo.

If I wanted a Facebook page, I would have joined Facebook. I don't want to
be coerced into a Facebook-wannabe. I guess these guys don't understand
that in this kind of market, there will be only a handful of winners. If
you're not a winner, you are sure to be a loser.

Are there any Comcast subscribers who have tried the Comcast address book
service?

Too bad LinkedIn can't provide this same sort of address synchronization. I
found an email I wrote several years ago to Rikk Carey suggesting that Plaxo
merge with LinkedIn. It was a good idea then, and I still think it would be
a nice addition to LinkedIn.

Phil Burton


> -----Original Message-----
> From: plaxo@yahoogroups.com [mailto:plaxo@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Jan Burnett-McKeown
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 9:50 AM
> To: Plaxo@Yahoogroups. Com
> Subject: [plaxo] Deletion of some contacts in Plaxo On-line
>
> Thanks for responding, Andy. I must admit I've never really had any
> problems with Plaxo in the past, in terms of synchronisation
> - and have
> never had any problems with entry duplication either. But then again,
> I've only ever had the one PC to synchronise with, unlike some people,
> who I understand have multiple devices that they synch with.
> I've always
> backed up my address book entries locally as well, though
> unfortunately
> saving them to a .csv file does not save all of the current Outlook
> Express address book fields. So I would only use this form of back-up
> as a last resort, as it means that not all of the fields in my current
> address book would be restored.
>
> At the suggestion of the Plaxo staff, I have tried uninstalling Plaxo,
> then deleting all my Plaxo on-line address book entries, then
> re-installing Plaxo and synching again. But once again, only
> the first
> 40 entries ever make it into the Plaxo on-line address book. I've also
> tried directly importing my address book into Plaxo on-line
> via a saved
> .csv file, but the import process continually fails. My Plaxo log file
> is presently being examined to see what the problem might be.
>
> I agree that Plaxo hasn't been the same since the
> introduction of Pulse,
> and its usefulness in terms of updating one's address book, especially
> for non-members, is now quite non-existent. But it may still
> be useful
> as a back-up source. Prior to Pulse, only a handful of my
> contacts were
> ever Plaxo members, and even fewer opted to connect via Pulse, when it
> was introduced. It's also not something that I have actively pursued
> myself, as I have always used other avenues for social networking.
> Judging from the format of some of the personal information which
> suddenly automatically appeared in my Pulse profile, I suspected that
> Pulse was obtaining my personal information from other
> sources, where I
> had not specifically authorised its access. So I made a point of
> deleting most of the information that Pulse had automatically
> placed in
> my profile, since it was not put there by me.
>
> At this stage I'm still waiting to hear further from the
> Plaxo staff, to
> see whether they may be able to resolve my issue. If my
> issue cannot be
> resolved, then there's probably not much point in me continuing to use
> the Plaxo programme, for the sake of backing up only 40 entries out of
> the current 230 in my address book (the figure of 120 I
> mentioned in my
> earlier message was incorrect). So I guess now it's a case
> of wait and
> see!
>
>
> Jan Burnett-McKeown.
>
>
> Ms Jan Burnett-McKeown
> Postal Address:
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> Australia
> Tel: +61 (0)2 6241 7826 (Home)
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> Personal e-mail: janburn007@...
>
> ----- Original message -----
> From: "Andy13" <andy13@...>
> To: plaxo@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:39:05 +0000
> Subject: Re: [plaxo] Re: Deletion of some contacts in Plaxo On-line
>
> Alas Jan I have to agree with the other poster. When Plaxo introduced
> "Pulse" they changed the way things work.
>
> They now attempt to take advantage of your desire to keep
> people updated
> by having you recruit them into Pulse. The old functionality
> just isn't
> there for non-members.
>
> That said the only problem I've had when I used to use Plaxo for
> synching my address books was that it kept generating
> duplicates. I gave
> it up as it didn't work for me and with the new direction of
> the company
> not only did I lose any confidence that it would get fixed
> the loss of
> functionality took away a big reason for me paying for it in
> the first
> place.
>
> If you want to persevere you might want to back up your data locally,
> delete everything from Plaxo and start from scratch with a
> fresh import.
>
> Now I really must remember to get all my data off of it!
>
> Andy
>
>
> gchayles wrote:
> > --- In plaxo@yahoogroups.com, "Jan Burnett-McKeown"
> <janburn007@...> wrote:
> >
> >> I've just noticed that I suddenly now only have 43
> contacts listed in my Plaxo on-line address book, whereas
> previously, it had around 120, and I have not deleted any of
> the on-line address book entries. My Outlook and Outlook
> Express address books still each have around 120 contacts.
> "Synchronising" between either of the two address books and
> my Plaxo on-line address book does not seem to have any
> effect. The Plaxo on-line address book does not get updated
> with the extra contacts, nor are either of my two personal
> address books reduced in the number of contacts they hold.
> There seems to be something strange happening here. Can
> anyone provide an explanation for this situation?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Jan Burnett-McKeown
> >>
> >>
> > Jan,
> > Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Plaxo is not Plaxo
> as we used to know it. It is really Comcast and Pluse
> (Comcast data collector). Check out with Google and this
> Yahoo group and you will begin to understand what I mean. My
> Advice: Move on to some other way of keeping your contacts in
> sync. Plaxo is no more. :(
> >
> >
> >
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