Spam generated from this site?
09-16-2011, 05:42 AM
#13
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Posts: 645
Originally Posted by Bonbonary
I don't think I got any because of this site. But, I found when I did the Shop Hop, I started getting plenty of emails from all the shops even though I didn't sign up or register with any of them.
What Bonbonary said...
09-16-2011, 05:46 AM
#14
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: South central Nebraska, US
Posts: 5,367
Originally Posted by QuiltE
Originally Posted by dakotamaid
Don't forget that this is a public forum, anyone on the web can access this board. Only registered can post. So that does leave us open to unsolicited spam and other "stuff".
The PM is set up to help us avoid that risk. So if you give your email, that's your choice, and nothing to blame this site for.
09-16-2011, 06:08 AM
#17
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 4,688
Originally Posted by Moonpi
Everybody's welcome is the online name for the Quilt Guild generated here way back when (2007). http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-3258-1.htm
Shadow Dancer made the block and Chele designed the card. It was a big topic of chat conversation at the time. Since there is no guild outside of this board that I am part of, it has to come from here.
what bothers me more is access to my name and e-mail address. I am careful to read rules before joining a site, and never saw anything indicating my personal information would be sold. I do not give that out unless I have a reason to.
Shadow Dancer made the block and Chele designed the card. It was a big topic of chat conversation at the time. Since there is no guild outside of this board that I am part of, it has to come from here.
what bothers me more is access to my name and e-mail address. I am careful to read rules before joining a site, and never saw anything indicating my personal information would be sold. I do not give that out unless I have a reason to.
09-16-2011, 06:59 AM
#18
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Northern California, Sonoma Co.
Posts: 2,814
Is it possible that someone you emailed (or that emailed you) in regards to that guild had their email highjacked?
I get hit up by Facebook when people let FB pull in their contact list from their email. Then FB solicits me to join so I can be friends with them. The thing is, I have a FB account through another email, so I can tell when the "invitation" is phishing.
I have found that when searching other commercial sites that leave cookies on my computer, the ads that pop up here pertain to where I've searched/shopped. I don't see that as this forum's fault, though, it's all part of how other sites track where you go and keep hounding you with advertising.
For what it's worth, I agree that it's important to keep one's data private. This data mining is a source of big income for websites, and I don't like being used. But I have never felt used by this board.
I get hit up by Facebook when people let FB pull in their contact list from their email. Then FB solicits me to join so I can be friends with them. The thing is, I have a FB account through another email, so I can tell when the "invitation" is phishing.
I have found that when searching other commercial sites that leave cookies on my computer, the ads that pop up here pertain to where I've searched/shopped. I don't see that as this forum's fault, though, it's all part of how other sites track where you go and keep hounding you with advertising.
For what it's worth, I agree that it's important to keep one's data private. This data mining is a source of big income for websites, and I don't like being used. But I have never felt used by this board.
09-16-2011, 07:16 AM
#20
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Clay Springs AZ
Posts: 3,229
I thought the board was private but have found posts on the web when looking up quilt subjects.
So be careful what you post it goes out to the world.
email is a different matter and some sites can be less than safe to email.
So be careful what you post it goes out to the world.
email is a different matter and some sites can be less than safe to email.
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