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Oct. 14th, 2003 12:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oakenguyOkay, this Crush thing? Where they sent out a "fun little quiz" meme a few months ago so that folks could confess to secret crushes they might have on other LJ users, and now they're offering to identify all the folks with crushes on you for $4?
No offense to anyone who paid the $4, but.......it feels sleazy. Sleeeeeeazy.
I don't like the fact that folks had no warning their "secret" would be revealed to anyone with a little cash. And I *really* don't like the fact that the group who put the quiz out is a collection of sorta-spammers, a "targetted internet marketing" company. Which means that any mail they get with comments or complaints about the quiz and the lack of anonymity are almost guaranteed to be put onto the mailing list and sold to their clients.
And their FAQ (http://euthanize.us/memes/crushmeme2/faq.php) makes them sound like real jerks, as if we needed more confirmation.
I'm so glad I didn't do that quiz. And I'm glad that I read that FAQ, so that my feeling of being pissed at them can override my curiosity about who might've had crushes on me.
No offense to anyone who paid the $4, but.......it feels sleazy. Sleeeeeeazy.
I don't like the fact that folks had no warning their "secret" would be revealed to anyone with a little cash. And I *really* don't like the fact that the group who put the quiz out is a collection of sorta-spammers, a "targetted internet marketing" company. Which means that any mail they get with comments or complaints about the quiz and the lack of anonymity are almost guaranteed to be put onto the mailing list and sold to their clients.
And their FAQ (http://euthanize.us/memes/crushmeme2/faq.php) makes them sound like real jerks, as if we needed more confirmation.
I'm so glad I didn't do that quiz. And I'm glad that I read that FAQ, so that my feeling of being pissed at them can override my curiosity about who might've had crushes on me.
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Date: 2003-10-14 04:20 pm (UTC)and i'm not really embarrassed if anyone finds out i have a crush on them. i hate keeping secrets like that, it's all in fun, and it's not like i'm going to leave ken for them anyway :P
you make very good, sinister points about the other stuff. i hope this isn't going to be a new spammers' trend. cause it will work so very well.