Comments on: Please don’t use eBay.com’s new sharing tool

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:14:20 +0000

There are people on facebook who just spam, spam, spam everyone and anyone with their groups and product links – a few of whom I have no idea who they are – I never see them on the boards, any private groups, on here etc.

It hardly gives any credibility, and is not excatly targetted. If I wanted to advertise my goods to other sellers, I’d up my activity on eBid….

By: board_surfer

board_surfer — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:20:37 +0000

I quite like spam

If it wasnt for spam I would get hardly any emails.

I make me feel wanted

By: Sambora

Sambora — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:27:26 +0000

Plus, there’s another side of spamming that people seem to be overlooking. And that is saturation. People will get so sick of seeing eBay spam everywhere they go that they’ll just start tuning it out. I started skipping over all the Google entries for eBay items years ago, but that was partly because the auctions would end long before I saw the link and clicked on it. Or even worse, potential new eBay buyers could be completely turned off by eBay if they see too much spam.

By: Steve L.

Steve L. — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:57:19 +0000

I totally agree. I put up with it the first time on Facebook, maybe they’re just trying things out.

The second time I make a mental note.

Strike three – they’re hidden from view.

I spent 30 minutes hiding auction spammers and re-Tweeters on Facebook a couple months ago and it was the best way I’ve ever found to clean up my feed.

By: ebuyerfb

ebuyerfb — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:27:25 +0000

You really don’t need an API call to do that. Just a platform notification that occurs when the seller lists an item and a developer account on Twitter, Facebook, etc.

hmm…

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:22:01 +0000

“What’s another button for them”?… just wait until some ignoramus figures out a way to automate it with a (hopefully non-existent so they can’t) API call.

I can promise you one thing though – anyone on my facebook or who I follow on twitter that starts spamming me won’t be a friend/followed for long

By: Hillary

Hillary — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:07:18 +0000

I like the idea of the feature for cool listings, noteworthy ones, etc.

As for people spamming, lord knows they all do it already so what’s another button for them to use.

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:24:40 +0000

Well… once you’ve bought it you can still tweet it

By: board_surfer

board_surfer — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:23:42 +0000

When you find the weirdest, whackiest, crazy stuff that makes us love eBay, i’m bloody buying it! sod the rest of the world!!!