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Posted by Carrie on February 3, 2009, 8:27 am, in reply to "Re: free cross stitch patterns"
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I read the threads on this post and I have also tried to access this site in the past. It would never let me in with the login info that I registered with. When seeing that others are having problems logging in, I decided to remove the link, for various reasons. I am skeptical about this site because of their terms - you can only access patterns after earning points. How do you earn points? You sign up other people - when they confirm their personal information on the site you get 30 points. The site tells you to post your link on message boards to get other people to sign up, and when they do points will be credited to your account. Since the link posted here was not to the website's homepage, but actually had a person's ID encoded into it so they could get points, I felt that they were just trying to rack up points for themself rather than just let other stitchers know about a good site. (I'm not saying Connie was doing that, she could have found this link anywhere and it might be for someone else completely).
I do not feel right about my board listing a site that makes my users give out their personal information and receive emails or text messages on their phones, or solicit their friends to just download a free cross stitch pattern. I have no problem with people posting links here for other sites, but I will remove any that are offensive or are asking for way too much personal information like this one was. PLEASE be careful when signing up for things on the internet! If a site wants your full address and mobile phone number just so you can download a free cross stitch pattern, it is not worth it!
Carrie
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