1 post tagged “stalking”

I'm guilty of it -- are you?

I'm talking about adding someone to your neighborhood -- someone you don't know but, may know of, or enjoy reading their blogs.

Vox is an interesting forum and I'm trying to get my arms around it and not seem rude. If you've been around Vox you know you can search tags; look into someone's book and music selection; read their comments; and even view their neighbors and friends. You can also do a reverse view and see who has someone in their neighborhood. When the neighborhood view and the reverse neighborhood view don't match -- we have our stalkers; groupies; or just rude people?

Having someone in your neighborhood lets you know when something changed on their blog -- you're connected. If that person has contact information you can send them a short note asking if they mind if you add them to your neighborhood. But what do you do when there is no contact information? You could leave a comment on one of their blogs but that seems out of place. I remember being on Yahoo IM years ago and they required you to authorize requests to be added to a buddy list. Maybe Vox needs that too.

It's good that Vox only allows members to leave comments so it would be nice to extend that and allow for a way to send a short (private) message to someone. That would allow you to ask if they mind if you add them to your neighborhood.

So, do you think it's rude to add someone to your neighborhood that you don't know and haven't asked in advance? I would like to think it's a compliment because you're interested in what they have to say. Let me know what you think.