Quechup = No Mustard
So, I’m sitting around the apartment, listening to Penn State’s season opener and working on the next episode of BUCKET, when I get bombarded by invites to join the newest social-networking-site-of-the-week, Quechup.
Ugh. Really?
I mean, I’m already on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Jaiku, Tumblr, and a bunch of video sites. Do I REALLY need another place to “social network-ize?”
I’m sure Quechup would say yes, and that they’re different and unique. But…
I signed up for an account at 2:20 p.m. … I canceled the account at 2:31.
Yep, 11 minutes. That my new standard. If you can’t impress me in 11 minutes, you’re outta here.
Quechup has the feel of a dating site that hopes and prays that it’ll appear from its cacoon and turn into a beautiful butterfly of a social networking site (ie. Facebook). But it’s not happening anytime soon.
The kicker was when Quechup asked me to scan my GMail contact list, and then it sent out invites unsolicited to all the people in my contacts to join the site. That’s a dealbreaker right there!
So, thanks for playing Quechup … Is anyone else craving french fries?
UPDATE: For more about the value of trust in your social network, go read my friend Ed Roberts’ post on Quechup at his blog. Wise words, Ed.
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September 1st, 2007 at 3:37 pm
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September 1st, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Not to sound overly critical, but it’s just something I find unfathomable: why would you allow any service to scan your address book? To me that’s highly personal data and sorry, nobody gets to do that.
Especially a service you’ve used less than 11 minutes and not been impressed with.
September 1st, 2007 at 4:52 pm
I see your point, John. But a lot of services will scan your address book to see if you have friends already using their service. Twitter and Facebook are two that I have allowed to do that search in the past.
September 1st, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Bottom line, the service ought to make it much clearer that it is not simply scanning for other users. It uses your EMAIL account to Spam on it’s own behalf while claiming a ringing endorsement from you. Very Not Cool.
September 1st, 2007 at 11:55 pm
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September 4th, 2007 at 4:22 am
I was a victim too. This is Spam 2.0
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