Is Flixster Using Deceptive Viral Practices?

Posted by kdawson on Sunday March 25, 2007 @08:31PM from the password-please dept.

Talaria writes "The social networking movie review site Flixster is requesting their users' AOL, Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail passwords, and then using them to access users' address books and send 'invitations' to join Flixster, making them appear to come from the user. The password prompt screen includes the ISP's logo right next to the password prompt. Rather than hiding this little 'feature,' Flixster brags about it in an interview after receiving $2 million in venture funding earlier this year." American Venture Magazine notes: "...such practices are becoming increasingly... common as new and even established web sites look to attract visitors without expensive marketing campaigns and a hefty advertising budget."

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Re:What I can't believe.... by cdrudge · 2007-03-25 23:42 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Your comparing the voluntary (but still deceptive) spamming of people with someone getting raped? That is wrong on so many levels. You win the award of bad analogy of the year.