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By: Jala

Jala — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:58:02 +0000

In addition, I’ve reported speeddate to “Spamcop” Tired of the unsolicited emails (spam) from speedate. Would be nice for facebook to step in and do something.

By: ka

ka — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:16:00 +0000

This “speed date” application just ruined my relationship. My boyfriend doesn’t believe me that it’s spam, and i didn’t add it onto my facebook….

By: Jala

Jala — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:59:46 +0000

To mike1982:

Most people don’t use facebook for the same reason you do (speeddate). If acecatcher3 wants to “be connected to someone”, I’m sure they know how to go about it.
The problem with SpeedDate is they send unsolicited emails & notifications to your personal email account, as well as on facebook.
As for your comment: “facebook makes it easy to remove,” the application if it’s not for you; you are wrong. The reason why this “comment string” was started is because speeddate uses certain tactics to solicit people that a lot of people find annoying. The link you receive in the email to disable the email, takes you to your facebook notification settings page, and has nothing to do with stopping the email notifications. I tried blocking the application, but I still get emails from speeddate, that I never signed up for under speeddate, or the other applications they are associated with.
If “SpeedDate” was on the up and up, why are they hiding behind other applications?

By: mike1982

mike1982 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:30:27 +0000

speeddate is actually the reason I use Facebook everyday. I doubt acecatcher3 has even tried it. If you want to be connected to someone else, there is no better way than online speed dating that Facebook makes possible. I’ve recommended it to a few friends and most seem to like it. And if it’s not for you, facebook makes it easy to remove, as others in this comment string have posted.

By: psykar

psykar — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:53:48 +0000

Had a similar thing recently – an email address I use for windows messenger only (not facebook) received no less than FIVE emails today, asking if I wanted to sign up, as various peopl ehad invited me.

Seems strange though as yes I’d gotten these before, but never so many at once, particuarly when there are no new contacts who should be trying to add me all of a sudden.

By: -> Insert Witty Name Here

-> Insert Witty Name Here — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:23:01 +0000

It’s OK ace, in this day and age, people will understand you’re gay, just tell them.

By: acecatcher3

acecatcher3 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:43:39 +0000

thanks neil i did that and then i went to the application and blocked it and then ive blocked them from sending me emails, it was quite embarrasing really as if i showed ppl my facebook page they would see the notifications of “new men you can date” and id have to explain!

hopefully thats the end of speeddate now!

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:46:13 +0000

Acecatcher3 – To stop getting them notifications, on your little notifications button (next to chat bar thing) when you get a notification, go to the right hand corner of that notification and press the X, then it will say hide all or something. Press that and then it will ask if you want to report it as Spam.
Hope that helps.

By: acecatcher3

acecatcher3 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:59:37 +0000

must be haha!

just incase anyone does read this and is having the same problem as me, go to privacy settings and block the app, im going to do the same with my hotmail “block email address” as i get an email everyday saying i have “a private message from a male in your area” bad times.

By: dvdj

dvdj — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:53:56 +0000

Your consistant flirting with the mod’s here could be why ace

By: acecatcher3

acecatcher3 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:15:35 +0000

ive just done a bit of research on the problem i have…

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/12/speeddate-hijacks-facebook-users-with-a-bait-and-switch/

so they buy out companies and their apps and spam the users who added the original app……………dont know why it thinks im gay tho, at least spam me about fit women in my area that want to meet up, im not interested in bob, george, sam, roger etc fancying me…will have to find out how to get this removed.

By: Decron

Decron — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:09:46 +0000

Facebook will cause the end of the world. Mark my words!

By: acecatcher3

acecatcher3 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:59:52 +0000

when i say updates, i meant “notifications”

By: acecatcher3

acecatcher3 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:59:24 +0000

whenever i go onto my facebook i have about 20 new updates from “speeddate” and it keeps saying “there are new men in ur area that want to meet you” then gives a massive list of names……….i would never add an app called “speeddate” and this has been going on a while now, has anyone else had this problem? and if u have, how did u fix it?

btw hi paul x