It's totally not going anywhere. Just thinking about how it should work. Maybe the bookmark that gets for'd goes in your actual bookmarks, and belongs to you, but has a from: field? Maybe there should be a way to let you talk to people about things? So on and so forth. This is something I plan to focus on once we get the new backend out the door.
Joshua > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sheila miguez > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 9:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ydn-delicious] for: exploits > > I really do like the feature and encourage my friends with > accounts to use > it to send me links. I hope the feature doesn't go away. > > On 6/5/07, Joshua Schachter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yeah, we are reconsidering how this feature is implemented. > > > > With any social software there is an opportunity for and > danger of spam > > issues... > > > > Joshua > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > <ydn-delicious%40yahoogroups.com> > > > [mailto:[email protected] > <ydn-delicious%40yahoogroups.com>] > > On Behalf Of Mike Nowak > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 9:11 AM > > > To: [email protected] > <ydn-delicious%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: Re: [ydn-delicious] for: exploits > > > > > > On 05/06/07, sheila miguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <shekay%40gmail.com>> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > The potential for spamming has been brought up when discussing a > > > > feature for sending links to non-users, which has me idly > > > wondering if > > > > there has already been problems with people creating accounts to > > > > exploit for: tags for users that already exist. It seems > > > to me that it > > > > could be used for spam or phishing expeditions though I > > > guess it would > > > > be less likely to catch people if they noticed it was a stranger > > > > sending a link (though sending links from someone who created a > > > > mispelled username might get overlooked). > > > > > > > > > > This is already the case and, unfortunately, there > doesn't seem to be > > > a means to remove links in your "links for you" view... > so they linger > > > there. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -mike > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > sheila > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
