They tricked me too, despite being very careful on the desktop, one wrong click on mobile and boom. They're not the only ones either.
Does anyone remember how FB ensured growth? "Import your yahoo/google contacts to see who is on FB". What they didn't mention is that they would hold on to the email addresses to notify anyone who signed up that they had friends already, and exporting your contacts was disabled soon. Despite being officially dismissed, the "shadow profiles" claim rang true to me too.
Before FB, MySpace was built on spamming the bejesus out of people [1].
Does anyone remember how FB ensured growth? "Import your yahoo/google contacts to see who is on FB". What they didn't mention is that they would hold on to the email addresses to notify anyone who signed up that they had friends already, and exporting your contacts was disabled soon. Despite being officially dismissed, the "shadow profiles" claim rang true to me too.
Before FB, MySpace was built on spamming the bejesus out of people [1].
[1] http://gawker.com/199924/myspace-the-business-of-spam-20-exh...