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Don't Get 'Tagged' By This Site

Social network spams contacts without permission

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(Newser) – The US’ third-largest social network is also the world’s most annoying website, Sean Gregory writes in Time. An e-mail about photos from an ex-boss lured him to Tagged, only to lead him through a confusing registration that spammed all his contacts with an informal note. “I don’t have a ‘smiley-face’-style relationship with most of my old professors,” he moans.

Tagged counts 70 million registered users and as many monthly US visitors. But the brainchild of Harvard math majors has many enraged by its seemingly deceptive ways. A Tagged rep says the site is halting e-mail invites until it clarifies its hybrid photo-sharing and registration process. Still, “avoid the site altogether,” Gregory advises.

Tagged, seen in this screenshot, spams contacts even when a user tells it not to, Gregory writes.
Tagged, seen in this screenshot, spams contacts even when a user tells it not to, Gregory writes.   (Tagged.com)
Tagged, seen in this screenshot, spams contacts even when a user tells it not to, Gregory writes.
Tagged, seen in this screenshot, spams contacts even when a user tells it not to, Gregory writes.   (Tagged.com)
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drlarrymitchell
Jun 11, 09 3:12 PM CDT
Tagged is bullshit. Reply
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Yourself
Jun 11, 09 3:12 PM CDT
never heard of it till now, but if it's spamming people even when you tell it not to, then damn they have issues. Not exactly a friendly start to social networking if you ask me. Reply
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Ioptout
Jun 11, 09 3:42 PM CDT
70 million. Wow! Never heard of it. Sounds horrible. Reply
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Thisplacemakesmepuke
Jun 11, 09 3:53 PM CDT
Well this is just weird. I had three of these e-mails in my inbox this morning and I had never heard of it either. I was lucky in that they came from a friend who wouldn't know how to attach photos with a handbook and two maps. Delete. But, she spammed 40 years of friends who weren't aware of her tech aversion. Reply
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aeternuslibertas
Jun 11, 09 10:38 PM CDT
its for kids Reply
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