About a year and a half ago I was really into Blogger/Blogspot. I sent out some invitations to some of my real world friends so they could get in on the fun. About 3-4 months ago, I was invited to Linked In. I thought it was a great resource and again invited some people I thought might be interested.
One of the people that received both of these invitations, we will call her Meredeth, started getting spammed on her work email about 2 weeks ago. Of course I used the only email i knew for her, her work email, when I sent the invites. Now somehow it is my fault that she is getting the spam. It started as a "hey man, did you do anything,' and is now at "how could you do this to me."
It sucks getting spam and is embarrassing given the nature of the spam, but I don't really think it is my fault. Heck, I know it isn't. Blogger is owned by google. I don't see them selling emails off. Linked In is trying to promote a positive profesional image so I really doubt they would do this either. Meredeth is adamant that these two places are the only places on the internet that have ever been exposed to her email address and that I am satan himself trying to ruin her life.
It really pisses me off. I don't know anyone that recieved and invitation to either site that was later spammed, not to mention months later. She didn't even sign up. I did, and I didn't get spam. The ignorance of the whole situation is infuriating. Meredeth will sometimes read my blog, so feel free to let her know of any ways you think her email leaked into the hands of spammers. Also list your own email. I am compiling a list to sell.
