Comments on: Spock Deletes Me (finally) http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2008/01/16/spock-deletes-me-finally/ connections for a changing world, online and offline... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:59:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Patrick http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2008/01/16/spock-deletes-me-finally/#comment-352 Patrick Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:27:39 +0000 http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2008/01/16/spock-deletes-me-finally/#comment-352 Nancy, I figured I would help clarify a few things about some of the great points you brought up about Spock. 1) The e-mail you received was because you had requested to be removed which was then put in our flaggings queue. Normally a user who requests to be deleted via flaggings does not receive an e-mail (this was a mistake on our part- sorry). We've also fixed the copy on the e-mail to reflect your observation. 2) You had mentioned in your last Spock post (http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2007/12/17/dislikeing-spock-even-more/#comment-302) that it's not clear to see who is a user and who is not. Our Address Book Import has a red star next to every person who is a Spock member (this may not have been around at the time you used the importer). Also the site has the phrase "claim" next to any user who does not have a Spock account. In addition because Spock is a search application where you can add info, just because a friend isn't on Spock doesn't mean that you shouldn't or can't add info or vote down incorrect information. 3) You mentioned that a person should not have to unsubscribe from anything they are not a user from. Since all our invitations are user generated it's not all that different from receiving an invitation from any other site, or even an e-mail for that matter (since all invites are from an address book import, they would have gotten the address from somewhere other than Spock). You mentioned that you had received invitations from people whom you had no connection to. In this case we have an unsubscribe or opt out e-mail for people who would prefer to not go through the process of claiming and then either deleting or setting their e-mail settings. While this seems like a large hassle, this process is done to ensure that people are who they claim to be, and that they've also gone through the process of being informed of how they ended up on Spock and how they can ensure they won't be reindexed in the future. -It's important to remember that Spock is a search application and not a true social network. So, even if you choose to not stay a Spock member, you can still use us for search. Anyway I hope this helps Nancy,

I figured I would help clarify a few things about some of the great points you brought up about Spock.

1) The e-mail you received was because you had requested to be removed which was then put in our flaggings queue. Normally a user who requests to be deleted via flaggings does not receive an e-mail (this was a mistake on our part- sorry). We’ve also fixed the copy on the e-mail to reflect your observation.

2) You had mentioned in your last Spock post (http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2007/12/17/dislikeing-spock-even-more/#comment-302) that it’s not clear to see who is a user and who is not. Our Address Book Import has a red star next to every person who is a Spock member (this may not have been around at the time you used the importer). Also the site has the phrase “claim” next to any user who does not have a Spock account. In addition because Spock is a search application where you can add info, just because a friend isn’t on Spock doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t or can’t add info or vote down incorrect information.

3) You mentioned that a person should not have to unsubscribe from anything they are not a user from. Since all our invitations are user generated it’s not all that different from receiving an invitation from any other site, or even an e-mail for that matter (since all invites are from an address book import, they would have gotten the address from somewhere other than Spock). You mentioned that you had received invitations from people whom you had no connection to. In this case we have an unsubscribe or opt out e-mail for people who would prefer to not go through the process of claiming and then either deleting or setting their e-mail settings. While this seems like a large hassle, this process is done to ensure that people are who they claim to be, and that they’ve also gone through the process of being informed of how they ended up on Spock and how they can ensure they won’t be reindexed in the future.

-It’s important to remember that Spock is a search application and not a true social network. So, even if you choose to not stay a Spock member, you can still use us for search.

Anyway I hope this helps

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