http://bilbrauer.com/the-truth-about-chachacom/ Internet Marketing Support Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:42:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://bilbrauer.com/the-truth-about-chachacom/comment-page-1/#comment-8 admin Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:42:07 +0000 http://bilbrauer.com/?p=30#comment-8 Dustin, you have brought up a good point. It seems like your phone number is associated with almost everything these days. With the growing popularity of social networking, providing your phone number is a must if you want to receive the full benefit. It seems that in the very near future, many companies will be faced with a tough moral decision. To sell your number or not. Can you trust that they will make the right choice? Dustin, you have brought up a good point. It seems like your phone number is associated with almost everything these days. With the growing popularity of social networking, providing your phone number is a must if you want to receive the full benefit. It seems that in the very near future, many companies will be faced with a tough moral decision. To sell your number or not. Can you trust that they will make the right choice?

]]> http://bilbrauer.com/the-truth-about-chachacom/comment-page-1/#comment-7 eculver Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:56:05 +0000 http://bilbrauer.com/?p=30#comment-7 I'm pretty sure that privacy policies are legally binding, but who's to say that those have never been violated. It's really up to the users to realize who spilled the beans and then to prove it, right? I’m pretty sure that privacy policies are legally binding, but who’s to say that those have never been violated. It’s really up to the users to realize who spilled the beans and then to prove it, right?

]]> http://bilbrauer.com/the-truth-about-chachacom/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Susan Marshall Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:33:51 +0000 http://bilbrauer.com/?p=30#comment-6 Hi - Thanks for writing about ChaCha. I am the VP of Marketing. I wanted to write to ensure you that we have no intention, whatsoever to EVER rent or sell your phone number. Its just not cool and we don't want to upset any of our loyal users. Our revenue will come from advertisers. In some states, you can see some of our ads running now for McDonald's and the Obama campaign. Hi -
Thanks for writing about ChaCha. I am the VP of Marketing. I wanted to write to ensure you that we have no intention, whatsoever to EVER rent or sell your phone number. Its just not cool and we don’t want to upset any of our loyal users. Our revenue will come from advertisers. In some states, you can see some of our ads running now for McDonald’s and the Obama campaign.

]]> http://bilbrauer.com/the-truth-about-chachacom/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Dustin Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:27:03 +0000 http://bilbrauer.com/?p=30#comment-5 Bil, I agree with you on this one. (Wait for the but) I think that there are many services out there that will be in this game too. Just like your email it will only be a short time before everyone has your cell number too. Email spam lists can be generated quite quickly from harvesting university white pages or even blogs and twitter accounts. Many of these services now have your cell number as well. Twitter and facebook practically make you give them your number if you want any additional functionality. I think we will all just have to get a junk cell phone that we use for those kinds of services. :-) Maybe 2 iPhones! Bil, I agree with you on this one. (Wait for the but) I think that there are many services out there that will be in this game too. Just like your email it will only be a short time before everyone has your cell number too. Email spam lists can be generated quite quickly from harvesting university white pages or even blogs and twitter accounts. Many of these services now have your cell number as well. Twitter and facebook practically make you give them your number if you want any additional functionality. I think we will all just have to get a junk cell phone that we use for those kinds of services. Maybe 2 iPhones!

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