Facebook folks - please don't invite

[dreamshark]

Apparently Facebook has some way of coaxing its flock to give up the private email addresses of their friends, even friends who are not on Facebook. I'm not sure how they talk you into doing this, but please don't do it.  It causes Facebook spam to go out to people who do not belong to Facebook urging them to join so they can be so-and-so's friend.

There is something innately creepy about this service, IMHO. I want nothing to do with it. If you have put me on a list of potential Facebook friends, please take me off. Thanks.

Comments

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

Facebook makes it easier to do, and do in greater bulk. But they all encourage inviting people; I've received the invites.

[carbonel]

They all encourage it, but only Facebook AFAIK offers to "help" you in one manner while sneakily rifling through your address book to do something entirely different that the member is unaware of.

By tarring them all with the same brush, you minimize the obnoxiousness of Facebook's actions.