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Posted by gladys on February 3, 2009, 10:19 am, in reply to "why I removed this link"
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Hi Carrie...
Sure wish I had paid more attention and came to the same conclusion you did before getting involved ... Now of course they have my info and I just have to hope that it's on the up and up but am glad you have alerted all to a possible problem... I for one will be more careful in the future...Thanks... Love this message board....gladys...
--Previous Message--
: 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!
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: Carrie
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