http://simonwillison.net/2008-09-20T12:00:31+00:00Simon Willison2008-09-20T12:00:31+00:002008-09-20T12:00:31+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Sep/20/tellafriend/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://tellafriend.socialtwist.com/index.jsp">Tell-a-Friend: Leverage Word of Mouth Marketing</a></strong></p> I’d love to know how they intend to stop this free widget from becoming the world’s most popular spam proxy. And of course, they abuse the password anti-pattern despite the existence of safe API alternatives to address book scraping. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/spam">spam</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/tellafriend">tellafriend</a></p>

2008-07-28T10:49:22+00:002008-07-28T10:49:22+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jul/28/viral/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.out-law.com/page-6590">The law behind &quot;tell a friend&quot; services</a></strong></p> Useful guide based on UK law, updated in July 2008. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/law">law</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/marketing">marketing</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/spam">spam</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/tellafriend">tellafriend</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/uklaw">uklaw</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/viralmarketing">viralmarketing</a></p>