Motivation on the Run

Services like Frappr are what give technology and online companies a black eye. They become spammers, but claim you signed up to allow it. Let me give you my story in Frappr.

I have ignored requests from people to get on their Frappr map before because it required you to register with Frappr to begin with. I’m not really fond of “free” services that require registration because of the potential downside.

A good blogging friend got a Frappr map and asked for everyone to “put their pin” on the map. Against my better judgment, I went through the free registration process and put my marker on his map. Within a few days, I was receiving emails telling me about a service that I hadn’t signed up for, a Frappr map. Then I started getting emails telling me I had messages I needed to deal with at the Frappr sight. After digging around a little I found out I not only had a Frappr account, but a map, and I started getting other emails in my inbox telling me I had people wanting to join my map or sending me messages.

Understand this, if you sign up for a free Frappr account, you will start getting all sorts of emails from them. While signing up originally, I never did get the impression I was getting a map of my own, because I never wanted one. It was several days later when it all became evident. You can not put your marker on a friends map without signing up and having your own map … period! That and all that comes with it.

I found a place to deactivate my account, and it warns you that all the pins you have placed will be removed, but since that was only one, I wasn’t worried.

So to the friend that has been notified about my marker being removed, take heart, it isn’t personal. To the people that sent “messages” to me, drop me an email or a comment on one of the websites. I will be glad to correspond directly with you on almost any subject from business to theology.

Tags: Frappr, maps, web services