bleh

Dear 'Netvibes', you wanted some feedback as to why I wanted you to delete my account:

You spammed me without asking - I presume I didn't authorise this, seeing as the email account concerned is my fast response/low spam account that I use to have notifications piped to Twitter - not one I like to see great screeds in, telling me how awesome you are.

No option to delete my account on your site, just a generic feedback form with the 'cancel my account' option hidden in a dropdown. It's not 'feedback' or an 'inquiry' - I think I'd call it an 'action'.

After I declined the invitation on the form to specify just why I wanted you to delete my account, you emailed me to tell me you'd delete my account after I had.. wait for it.. told you why I wanted you to delete my account. Do you see a problem here? How about this - I'll email you telling you I've hidden my feedback 'somewhere' on the internet.


Also, I disliked the banner at the top of your site suggesting I make it my homepage and requiring a mouse click to make it go away, or paradoxically for an automatic banner, to remind me later. It's 2009 - I know how to set my homepage and my time is more precious than you seem to think. This bit may seem too minor to complain about and I can see how it could be nice for someone with less technical acumen, but it's not a good fit for me. I'm one of those people who like to take in a lot of information in a short amount of time, someone who likes to use information aggregation services - you know, like yours.

NBR does not want to have a conversation with you

Commented on a article at National Business Review. They have no email or rss feeds for articles, so I'm noting it here
Another walled garden waiting for the bulldozer.

The article is about the scrapping of the ban on new gas and coal fired powerstations, because "..modern gas-fired stations give off little in the way of emissions..".
Right. because carbon dioxide isn't an emission. Perhaps they're staffed by magical elves too.