I got an invite from a number of higher profile bloggers (like Hugh MacLeod) over the weekend for a new “social network” named Quechup, so I decided to see what it was all about.
During the signup, you get asked for your email addy to see which friends are already on the service. I put mine in then quickly hit the stop button on Firefox b/c I thought something was rather fishy.
If you got a spam from Quechup in my name, many many apologies. I’ve checked with a number of people and no one I’ve asked has gotten an “invite” from me… I hope it stays that way.
Anyways, Quechup is nasty…
One site that?s catching people off guard is Quechup: we?ve got a volley of complaints about them in the mailbox this weekend, and a quick Google reveals that others were caught out too.
The issue lies with their ?check for friends? form: during signup you?re asked to enter your email address and password to see whether any of your friends are already on the service. Enter the password, however, and it will proceed to mail all your contacts without asking permission. This has led to many users issuing apologies to their friends for ?spamming? them inadvertently. Hopefully the bad PR on this one will force them to change the system.
