Re:When Growth Hacking Goes Bad
by rowyourboat on Friday January 03, 2014 @03:07PM
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The article mentions sending SMS invitations and shows as an example the case where the user apparently did not mean to send the text message.
Do text messages cost the user money in the US, too? In Europe, they do, and while it's not a big amount, I would be furious if an App just sent out a text message on my behalf without making very sure I wanted to do that. It's both my reputation with my friends and my wallet they're damaging here.
So SMS "invitations" seem to be an extremely risky move to me.
Re:When Growth Hacking Goes Bad
by jgh on Friday January 03, 2014 @03:11PM
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I pay $0.25 per text message on Verizon (note: I don't have a text plan, which I could get for $10/month. But I don't send/receive enough texts to make it worthwhile)
Do text messages cost the user money in the US, too? In Europe, they do, and while it's not a big amount, I would be furious if an App just sent out a text message on my behalf without making very sure I wanted to do that. It's both my reputation with my friends and my wallet they're damaging here.
So SMS "invitations" seem to be an extremely risky move to me.