Comments on: Be wary of Ning friend requests http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:53:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Deciding Ning “friends” to avoid » Moving at the Speed of Creativity http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-38569 Deciding Ning “friends” to avoid » Moving at the Speed of Creativity Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:43:14 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-38569 [...] continue to be wary however, as I’ve noted in the past, of some individuals outside the edu-blogger community who appear to not have a “conversation [...] [...] continue to be wary however, as I’ve noted in the past, of some individuals outside the edu-blogger community who appear to not have a “conversation [...]

]]> By: Susan http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-35788 Susan Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:14:36 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-35788 In the summer I experimented with kickapps a hosted platform that allows webmasters to deploy user-generated content and social networking functionality directly on their websites. While I couldn't use kickapps as unfortunately it does not support Hebrew text, I imagine that it could be a viable alternative for schools etc to run their own social networks. All member applications can be moderated as can media uploaded to the site. Of course this would place a lot of extra work on the administrators, that's the price of security I suppose. In the summer I experimented with kickapps a hosted platform that allows webmasters to deploy user-generated content and social networking functionality directly on their websites. While I couldn’t use kickapps as unfortunately it does not support Hebrew text, I imagine that it could be a viable alternative for schools etc to run their own social networks. All member applications can be moderated as can media uploaded to the site. Of course this would place a lot of extra work on the administrators, that’s the price of security I suppose.

]]> By: Jose Rodriguez http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-35784 Jose Rodriguez Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:52:07 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-35784 I have been playing around Classroom 2.0 the last week or so. Surprise, Surprise! I am getting friend requests from users that belong to other Ning networks. I got a false feeling of security when I joined Classroom 2.0 network. I felt it was a walled garden. Obviously not. The only positive thing I have found so far is the participation of edtech people form my own district. But then again if they are close enough for F2F I don't need to see them here! I have been playing around Classroom 2.0 the last week or so. Surprise, Surprise! I am getting friend requests from users that belong to other Ning networks. I got a false feeling of security when I joined Classroom 2.0 network. I felt it was a walled garden. Obviously not. The only positive thing I have found so far is the participation of edtech people form my own district. But then again if they are close enough for F2F I don’t need to see them here!

]]> By: Jim Cottrell http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-35747 Jim Cottrell Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:02:21 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-35747 Not so personal social-networking site. Watch out for www.tagged.com . One has to also watch out for some social-networking sites as well as being associated with supposed “friends” or “contacts.” I know of two sites/services that mislead users into give away their webmail's password during the registration process to the site. Tagged.com has a feature that misleads users to give away their webmail's password and then sends everyone in that address book an invitation that looks like it is from that user. This blog calls it spam2.0. http://www.istokpavlovic.com/blog/?p=5 Also watch out for www.Ringo.com. “Ringo (a photo and video sharing site) also has a feature that can retrieve a user's contacts, provided the address book is on one of the major webmail services. Again the user is mislead into giving away their webmail password. Ringo has been criticized for misleading potential users about this feature during the sign-up procedure. This is something that not all users are comfortable with.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo.com Spread the word. People who have my address seem to be making the mistake of giving their webmail's passwords to these sites. Not so personal social-networking site. Watch out for http://www.tagged.com .

One has to also watch out for some social-networking sites as well as being associated with supposed “friends” or “contacts.” I know of two sites/services that mislead users into give away their webmail’s password during the registration process to the site.

Tagged.com has a feature that misleads users to give away their webmail’s password and then sends everyone in that address book an invitation that looks like it is from that user. This blog calls it spam2.0.
http://www.istokpavlovic.com/blog/?p=5

Also watch out for http://www.Ringo.com. “Ringo (a photo and video sharing site) also has a feature that can retrieve a user’s contacts, provided the address book is on one of the major webmail services. Again the user is mislead into giving away their webmail password. Ringo has been criticized for misleading potential users about this feature during the sign-up procedure. This is something that not all users are comfortable with.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo.com

Spread the word. People who have my address seem to be making the mistake of giving their webmail’s passwords to these sites.

]]> By: Pam Shoemaker http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-35746 Pam Shoemaker Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:32:32 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-35746 I also received a request from JOJO a few weeks ago. I have noticed that I receive an email telling me about the request from legit folks from classroom 2.0, but no email about the request from JOJO (and a few others that I have also blocked). I also received a request from JOJO a few weeks ago. I have noticed that I receive an email telling me about the request from legit folks from classroom 2.0, but no email about the request from JOJO (and a few others that I have also blocked).

]]> By: Mark Wagner http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-35723 Mark Wagner Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:32:59 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-35723 Wes, I, too, had the same experience with JOJO (I wonder how many of us did)... and I blocked the profile. I didn't think to write about it though, and I'm glad you did. It would've just continued to seem like an isolated incident (and a quickly forgotten one), but instead we're all able to learn from it. Wes,

I, too, had the same experience with JOJO (I wonder how many of us did)… and I blocked the profile. I didn’t think to write about it though, and I’m glad you did. It would’ve just continued to seem like an isolated incident (and a quickly forgotten one), but instead we’re all able to learn from it.

]]> By: Bill Fitzgerald http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-35688 Bill Fitzgerald Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:17:10 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-35688 Hello, Wes, DrupalEd could contain a series of groups that would function like Ning social networks -- wrt DrupalEd being a closed system, it's only as closed as the restrictions a site admin places on membership. If anybody can join (like Ning), then it's as open as Ning. If a site administrator wants to restrict membership to people with a certain email domain (like a group of people within a school district) they can do that. But, with OpenID already in place for Drupal, the notion of a content silo within any Drupal site (DrupalEd or otherwise) is becoming a dated concept. And who knows: if I get bored, or some time, or an interested client, I just might build this: http://wiki.openacademic.org/index.php/Remote_Friends, with more commentary here: http://www.funnymonkey.com/closed-social-networks And, btw, I had the same friendship request from JOJO :) Cheers, Bill Hello, Wes,

DrupalEd could contain a series of groups that would function like Ning social networks — wrt DrupalEd being a closed system, it’s only as closed as the restrictions a site admin places on membership. If anybody can join (like Ning), then it’s as open as Ning. If a site administrator wants to restrict membership to people with a certain email domain (like a group of people within a school district) they can do that.

But, with OpenID already in place for Drupal, the notion of a content silo within any Drupal site (DrupalEd or otherwise) is becoming a dated concept.

And who knows: if I get bored, or some time, or an interested client, I just might build this: http://wiki.openacademic.org/index.php/Remote_Friends, with more commentary here: http://www.funnymonkey.com/closed-social-networks

And, btw, I had the same friendship request from JOJO :)

Cheers,

Bill

]]> By: Cheryl Lykowski http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-35503 Cheryl Lykowski Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:55:13 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/04/25/be-wary-of-ning-friend-requests/#comment-35503 Wes, I had the same request from 'JOJO" and did the same as you and checked out the profile and 'friends'. For the same reason of who she was associated with I quickly declined. Even as adults, we sometimes need to be reminded of being smart and savvy in this world, just like we instruct our students to be. Thanks for the post. Wes,
I had the same request from ‘JOJO” and did the same as you and checked out the profile and ‘friends’. For the same reason of who she was associated with I quickly declined. Even as adults, we sometimes need to be reminded of being smart and savvy in this world, just like we instruct our students to be. Thanks for the post.

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