I received an email inviting me to join Konnects this morning. The problem is that its from someone who I dont know, which is SPAM. Curious about new websites as I am I googled them and naturally found a writeup on Mashable from last year. I also did a Technorati search and found Mr. Berkowitz’s take on this which coincidentally is right along the lines of my point of view: SPAMMERS.
From their about us page:
Konnects, Inc. is an online business networking platform designed to give the power of online social networking to business professionals. Konnects has created over 350 city business networks around the globe, and over 80 unique industry networks. Konnects partners with existing organizations to create unique online business networks which can then be promoted on the Konnects network of sites. Organizations can choose to remain private or allow the general public to join at their discretion.
When a social network has its number of networks hardcoded into their page is a sign that something is fishy. First of all these numbers are tiny and embarassing for anyone that is championing a ‘patented’ solution for business networks. 350 city business networks should be for Phoenix alone. In LA or New York their should be ten times that many, if you want to impress anyone. A more effective approach would be to have an active update of how many networks are on their system.
Of course that could be gamed as well, but it would be more effective marketing. Which is what this site seems to be about more than anything else.
