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So I'm still a bit confused, what is it exactly that's shady and spammy with "Intro". The basic idea is rapportive right? Get the linkein information about the
by HaloZero 13y ago
So I'm still a bit confused, what is it exactly that's shady and spammy with "Intro". The basic idea is rapportive right? Get the linkein information about the person emailing you.
Is the implementation that's shady/spammy? I don't see how Intro isn't useful for recruiters to instantly have the linkedin profile of the person their emailing available to them on their phone. That way it's a quick reference check.
- priley 13y agoYou can do that in secure ways too. We did that (another YC company) with Ark Mail: http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/13/ark-is-like-a-rapportive-mobile-app/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/13/ark-is-like-a-rapportive-mo...
- girvo 13y agoThat's actually a really neat way of tackling the problem, but it does require people to change habits and use Ark instead of Mail. So while Intro seems to have less friction, you have to give up privacy (HAH. Email and privacy always makes me laugh) to achieve it, which does suck. Shame there wasn't a cooler way to try and handle it by only using headers or something, rather than MITM the whole damned email stack. Ark is neat though. Out of curiosity, how do you handle double notifications? As in, I get a new email, now I've got a notification in Mail and Ark? Or does Ark replace Mail entirely?
- dsl 13y agoThe shady part: The way they implemented it allows them to read every single email you send and receive, and that is not obvious to the average user. The spammy part: They toss LinkedIn ads on your emails to other people after you hit send.
- girvo 13y agoWell, in fairness, so can Google (assuming Gmail), etc. etc. The ads bit is a bit shit though.
- rahulvohra 13y agoIf by ads you mean the signature (that is 90% your photo, name, and occupation), then you can turn this off. It's completely optional.