Comments on: What we can learn from the Quechup fiasco

By: Bryan Alexander

Bryan Alexander — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:56:21 +0000

One response: be much more wary about social networking sites. More research is required, and more voices needed.

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:34:14 +0000

To some extent we can spread a bit of the blame to software/application producers who have gotten us acclimated to just saying YES to things – something I call the Yes Syndrome (yes, yes, accept, yes, ok, yes, ok, accept, yes, done) This speaks a bit to the issue of trust but it is also a “necessity” of technology use. By that, I mean, if we want to install that particular application, we have to say yes (since what choice do we have). I think we’ve all learned, read more carefully, and we do have a choice.

By: Christy Tucker

Christy Tucker — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:55:23 +0000

One of the other red flags for me was the fact that I didn’t remember you ever talking about this tool, and I figured someone like you would have at least mentioned it in a blog post once if it was useful. Between that and the impersonal invite, it was enough to make me do a quick Google search and learn more about it.

Kudos to you for being so open about your mistake though. I think it’s a real credit to you for being transparent and sharing your learning experience so we can all be wiser the next time.

By: Ipenda Keynes

Ipenda Keynes — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:29:05 +0000

I agree with Kathy. My mistake was assuming my experiences with Orkut (pretty good), MySpace (ehh, alright with the friends I have on there), and Facebook (painless setup and very little Bacn) would be the norm…assuming Quechup would be the same.

I’ll read the TOS next time, though…or just import contacts manually.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:07:37 +0000

I take away the fact that you are being way too hard on yourself about this…no one lost their bank account or had their computer impossibly “infested”…you are a very responsible person and anyone who really knows you understands…anyone else can go catch a virus!