Yeah, we are reconsidering how this feature is implemented. With any social software there is an opportunity for and danger of spam issues...
Joshua > -----Original Message----- > From: ydn-delicious@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Nowak > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 9:11 AM > To: ydn-delicious@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [ydn-delicious] for: exploits > > On 05/06/07, sheila miguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The potential for spamming has been brought up when discussing a > > feature for sending links to non-users, which has me idly > wondering if > > there has already been problems with people creating accounts to > > exploit for: tags for users that already exist. It seems > to me that it > > could be used for spam or phishing expeditions though I > guess it would > > be less likely to catch people if they noticed it was a stranger > > sending a link (though sending links from someone who created a > > mispelled username might get overlooked). > > > > This is already the case and, unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be > a means to remove links in your "links for you" view... so they linger > there. > > > -- > -mike > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
