Ethical email collection? Is this a custom script?

by newbim Posted: 15 years ago 3 replies

Hi, i was on FB the other day, and i liked a video starring a very popular internet marketer, and no sooner had i 'liked' the video, I got an email from the creator saying thanks for liking the post. There are a few things really I wanted to ask:

How ethical is it to take email addresses that werent provided in that instance and does 'liking' something constitute an opt-in?

And

Is this custom code, what would I need to search to learn more about the technique? Ive tried a few things, but only videos teaching how to harvest millions of emails from facebook show up.

If i can figure it out, it would fit in perfectly into a new system I'm designing at the moment.

Thanks again Warrior programmers,

Newbim.

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TrueStory 15 years ago

Did you get email from Facebook or actual creator?

I don't think facebook reveals your emails...Zuckerberg doesn't stoop that low...

chances are you were on his list somewhere or he recognized you?

I don't think there is a way to pull emails from social network site unless that email is listed on profile but even then it should be "imaged" (non-text) to protect against spam. (even those email text images can be easily converted to plain-text with OCR)
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- newbim 15 years ago
  
  It was from the creator. I didn't think it was 'possible' either, but there you go. It was actually a video where FK was giving an informal speech in an IM party or something.
  
  Literally, as soon as I liked it, and the video started, I got an email from the video creator. Hmmm, I dunno. I may have to have another look. Either that, or it was an auto responder- type thing to send automatically to new likers on the page.
  
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Ethical email collection? Is this a custom script?

newbim • 15 years ago • 3 replies

Hi, i was on FB the other day, and i liked a video starring a very popular internet marketer, and no sooner had i 'liked' the video, I got an email from the creator saying thanks for liking the post. There are a few things really I wanted to ask: How ethical is it to take email addresses that werent provided in that instance and does 'liking' something constitute an opt-in?