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Mike Arrington takes on Plaxo — twice

Started by mathewi · 10 months ago

I know I’m coming a little late to this one, but a post on Rick Segal’s blog The Post Money Value pointed me towards a fascinating back-and-forth between Mike Arrington of TechCrunch, Charles O’Donnell of Union Square Ventures (a venture capital outfit heade ... Continue reading »

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  • Kent Newsome

    3 years ago

    Great post. I totally missed this discussion, even though I too have had issues with Plaxo emails. I added a link and my take here.
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  • Mathew

    3 years ago

    Thanks, Kent. I must admit I lean toward the "Plaxo as spam" side of the argument -- and what makes it worse is that it's generated by people who are supposedly your friends. Even Charles admits the main reason he used it was because he's lazy. Why not just send a nice email and ask a person what they're up to and whether they've changed phone numbers? When I get a Plaxo from someone, I confess that it changes the way I think about them -- not a huge amount, but a little.
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  • david

    3 years ago

    I must admit I lost interest in the discussion about halfway through the comments. Plaxo is spam, or at least a lesser form of spam (spam lite?). Those annoying emails are almost as bad as the 'hey I just discovreed LinkedIn' emails I get from guys trying to sell me mutual funds.
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