Social networking sites, applications and tools like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Stumbleupon and Kosmix are growing geometrically these days, and many people are finding them both fun and useful. But not all of them are created equal. I was "friended" by someone via the social networking site Netlog, and when I checked it out, I found an old acquaintance who had issued this warning on her personal profile:
"Netlog stole all my addresses from my address book and sent message to all of them!! If that is why you are here I recommend you do not sign up for Netlog or the same could happen to you! I am so sorry for any problem this may have caused you. I did not realize what was happening. I am leaving this message for those of you who came here because of me. Your friend Ann (Mix)."
Nothing like the bones of those foolhearty explorers who came before to warn away others who might crash upon the same rocks. Thanks, Ann.
