"All I'm saying is that if you're the kind of person who is irrevocably damaged by sending an SMS to someone, then these sorts of social networks shouldn't have

"All I'm saying is that if you're the kind of person who is irrevocably damaged by sending an SMS to someone, then these sorts of social networks shouldn't have been on your slate to begin with." And what we're saying is that you're wrong. I wouldn't be "irrevocably damaged" by what Loopt did, but I'd be pissed off. No one wants to be That Guy who spams people with invites to random services or Facebook app notifications. I hate That Guy.