Comments on: Forget Google, Now MyBlogLog Adds Friends without Your Consent

By: Beginner Yoga Exercises

Beginner Yoga Exercises — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:00:39 +0000

Sounds like the customer service is sending you a message to be able to close out the ticket without actually solving the problem.

By: Carolina Panthers Blog

Carolina Panthers Blog — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:28:21 +0000

I agree with the comment above. These "tech issues" are getting out of hand. Carolina Panthers Blog's last blog post..Position Analysis: Center

By: Utah SEO Pro

Utah SEO Pro — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:22:32 +0000

That's a spammers dream come true. Utah SEO Pro's last blog post..Interview with SEO: Brian Carter and Search Engine Journal Post

By: PS3

PS3 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:51:49 +0000

If the exploit (if that what it is) get’s into the wild, the place will be full of spammers in no time at all. Sounds more than just a “bug”?

By: Pay Per Click Journal

Pay Per Click Journal — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:10:33 +0000

Wow this is crazy. I too am surprised that they have made it this far. They must be loosing users since the are "having tech issues". Pay Per Click Journal's last blog post..SEO moz - Website Marketing Tool Product Review

By: Mr Marketing

Mr Marketing — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:07:21 +0000

Im surprised MBL even got this far. Did not they always have these problems? Mr Marketing's last blog post..The website is down!

By: Warenwirtschaft

Warenwirtschaft — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:06:48 +0000

It is a common problem that you file a complaint and get an answer to a problem you didnt complain about. Customer-Care-People just dont read the text anymore, they just look for an easy answer that MAY have a connection to the problem. Then they fire it off. Problem solved. Next question.

By: Nicole Price

Nicole Price — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:14:23 +0000

Actually, I have been seeing some sudden activity from the MBL. They had been quite quiet for sometime and may be their sudden inspiration after the recent seismic activity they have become active! Nicole Price's last blog post..Bill Gates: Dethroned!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:57:18 +0000

I think MBL should pay more attention to their tech equipment and have a sufficient tech customer service, otherwise the majority of its users will refuse to use it

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:14:20 +0000

I can imagine how annoying that was. I think MBL has server hiccups problems instead of being hacked.

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:07:07 +0000

@Ian—I’m not receiving friend requests from the first person anymore. I received a total of seven emails about the second person.

But the problem here is that they’re automatically being added to my friends list without my consent. I’m not very happy about receiving notifications that I’ve added a friend when I haven’t.

By: Goran Web Design

Goran Web Design — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:00:16 +0000

Privacy is something that cannot be taken for granted, its one way to ruin a brand.

By: Ian Kennedy

Ian Kennedy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:38:06 +0000

Correction – the person you were reporting before *is* on your Block List. If you are still getting friend requests from this person, please let me know because we are unable to reproduce what is obviously a bug.

We had tested and confirmed a fix, obviously this isn’t the case!

Ian

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:34:03 +0000

@Ian—Thanks for your comment. I have only blocked the first of the four users that this has happened with. I hesitate to use their user names because at this point I don’t know whether they’ve hacked MBL and are exploiting it or whether it’s an internal problem with MBL.

By: Ian Kennedy

Ian Kennedy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:28:36 +0000

Hi Jordon,

I’m so sorry you are still getting un-prompted contact emails. If they are from the same member that you reported was sending you email a few weeks ago, I just checked and confirmed that they *are not* on your Block List.

http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/mem_hidelist.php

Go to the last message that you received and Click on [Report Spam] to add them to your Block List and you should never get an email or friend request from them again.

Ian
Product Guy, MyBlogLog

By: Seo Positive

Seo Positive — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:49:56 +0000

Sounds to me like you are having some major server hiccups there. I agree with the huge amounts of spam too from experience.

By: Otilia Otlacan

Otilia Otlacan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:44:27 +0000

Jordan, I had the same happening to me a number of times over the past week, with contacts added without permission - I haven't escalated yet, my mistake. MyBlogLog is a tool I use daily and I found it to be quite useful, it would be a pity if security and privacy issues will ruin the fun. Seems like Yahoo takes hit after hit these days... Otilia Otlacan's last blog post..New Features and Improvements in Google AdManager