This is fun. A site that allows you to link your recent, fabulous purchases to share with your friends and shoppers alike, designed much like that darn Facebook. Swipley, this social shopping network "lets user link their credit and debit cards to their sites and share information about everything they buy with their friends or with the wider Web." UT-OH. That does NOT seem safe. But the network wants its users to go on and chat about their latest finds with everyone else who is on it, and basically the Universe. (I mean, putting your card information on the Internet just to talk about your purchases!- If I'm reading this article correctly, please don't sign me up.)
In the article, Stone explains that a site much like Swipley, Blippy, had a similar site in which users can talk about things they have bought. Blippy shows how much people spent and where, whereas Swipley is more concerned about what people bought in order for them to talk to others about great buy's or saves, and ultimately create a place for advertising products and brand names. Okay, well it's all in good fun, but not for long. Blippy caused a scandal by "inadvertently exposing" peoples card numbers via Google Index. No thanks, really. This is where the Internet becomes our enemies. I might just break my computer and end it all. HAHA. NEVER!
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/swipely-enters-the-social-shopping-field/?ref=technology
No thanks to Swipley. Are some of these sites really serious about what they're trying to do? And how did their users actually become interested in this and thought this was the safest thing to do? You can definitely talk about your latest purchases via social media that already exists WITHOUT putting your credit/debit card information. To me this site is both dangerous and boring. There is no way I would ever join it. I'm glad you blogged about it so that I know to stay away from it!
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