Staying away from Tagged.com emails!

Alright, I had other things I wanted to blog about, but then this seemed imperative and hence its here. This has been pestering me for quite some time to warrant a rant (nice rhyme, eh!).

Lately, for a month now, I have been receiving this emails from Tagged.com representing folks I know. I went through the standard invite emails (all spiced up with a ready-to-serve guilt trip if you didnt accept the invitation) and resisted hopping onto another social networking bandwagon. I am already on a couple and am having a hard time staying loyal to either of those.

So, for a little backgrounder for all those who have been spared this invite or have been resolute enough like me not to give in and press the Yes button:

1. You receive an email from a person you know saying s/he has Tagged you :)

2. When you open the email, here's what you see. I have removed the name for obvious reasons.

3. You dont respond to this and you are served up a fresh reminder every few days!

Fortunately, I have not gone past this. And so, I really can't say more. However, I came across a couple blogs who have been bitten by this and I definitely didnt want myself or my address book participants to go through this. Feel their pain here:

http://shiftlessmind.com/2007/03/22/taggedcom-sucks/
http://dotnet.org.za/thea/archive/2007/04/09/i-hate-tagged-com.aspx

So, in conclusion, for all of you nice folks from whom I've received these mails, I just want you to know that I love you, I am your friend, but no, I wont say yes to this glorified, twisted spam.

Phew! With a clear conscience, I'll now go and delete all those mails from Tagged.