DesDownunder Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 At Wibby's suggestion I have moved this thread to the New and Views so that all may be warned. Please read Wibby's post below. I received this email today and wonder if anyone knows anything about this group? And how did they get my email address? Email read as follow: Hello LGBTQIA Community Member There is a NEW online community site designed by and for the LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Queer, Intersex, and Allied) community called EveryQ. EveryQ is for YOU. It is an inclusive community, with groups, departments, services within EveryQ that will identify relevant information on events, issues etc. within every subculture of the community. You may ask yourself, why EveryQ? Why not another site? Aren?t there currently sites that service segments of the LGBTQIA community? Yes, that is true, but existing sites have monthly/yearly fees or focus on one segment of our population to the exclusion of the others. As the next generation of online community, EveryQ is a free site where we can all go to enhance our lives. Organizations, advertisers and supports are welcome. Check it out here: http://www.everyq.com Manage and customize YOUR free profile and control YOUR privacy Keep connected to YOUR friends, via FREE email, FREE chat and FREE video chat Meet new friends around the world! Share YOUR music, photos, and videos Share YOUR information via event calendars, files, and topics that YOU control Promote YOU, YOUR club, group, organization, company or business for FREE via EQ Profile, EQ Group, or DirectoryQ Stay ?In the Know? with RSS feeds and content driven EQ Services Contests and FREE giveaways Invite your friends. EveryQ is YOU. Link to comment
Trab Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Never heard of it. Link to comment
JamesSavik Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 every clown on the planet wants to be the next myspace or facebook Link to comment
blue Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 For what it's worth, I got the same email at Codey's World. Haven't had a chance to check out the site yet, so it might be fantabulous or it might be not so much. Link to comment
Graeme Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 As far as I can tell, it's spam. I had that email three times, sent to three different accounts. If they're spamming all visible glbt email addresses, then I don't think much of them. Link to comment
Tanuki Racoon Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 It's spam. They're evil. I got several today. They also sent them to all the CodeysWorld folks. How fucking irresponsible do you have to be to send emails like that to kids who may not even be out? Or send emails to work addresses? And so on. Just insane. They were kind enough to send me three copies, none of which I asked for. That's just totally unacceptable. If you feel as strongly as I do, send 'em a note from their website. I know I will. I also request that Des move this from the Staff room to a public area. People need to be warned that this is NOT the kind of group you want to give your personal details to. They have NO CONCERN for your privacy. They harvested your names from message boards and who knows where else. BAD PEOPLE. My two cents. I posted a much longer and testier version (including results of site inspection) at CodeysWorld in the announcement area. BE WARNED. Link to comment
DesDownunder Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 I should add that (obviously) AD has not given permission or supplied these people with our members details. Link to comment
R.J. Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Me too. I got the same email through my AD account. :) Link to comment
Tanuki Racoon Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 If you see my post at CW you will find out more, and will also see how they got your name. Dude has been emailed instructions on how to fix it before it happens again. Link to comment
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