Comments on: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition

The purchase of Plaxo, an address book management and social-networking service, helps Comcast create a unified social-media experience across its Internet, voice, and TV properties.

[Galaxy5]

So, how do I delete my Plaxo profile? I want nothing to do with a "socially empowered" ISP. I'd like them to simply provide Internet access - thanks.

[feedthehabit]

I was wondering why I had gotten a surge of Plaxo requests and emails over the past 6 months or so. Now I know that they were coming out of a 3-year non-existence only to inflate their numbers for an acquisition.

I'm on social networking overload and LinkedIn serves all my business networking needs. Good for Plaxo though... they made a grundle.

[svk1069]

You?ll have to excuse me if I sound a bit skeptical of Plaxo?s ongoing commitment to current Plaxo users. I don?t doubt the Plaxo employees desire to continue serving both Comcast and non-Comcast customers, but someone in Comcast corporate will have the bright idea of making Plaxo?s service an ?in-network? exclusive for their customers. At that time they?ll probably kill off Pulse and use the best parts of it (photo sharing, etc) to enhance their own Comcast-branded online offerings. The Plaxo name will also die at that time. It will all be victim of some Comcast executive who wants to do cost-cutting.

It?s a shame, and not because I don?t like Comcast. I have never been their customer primarily because they don?t offer service in my area of the country. I have no reason to like or dislike them as I have no experience with them.

And although I have been evangelizing Plaxo to all my friends and family, the new Pulse service just isn?t gaining enough traction. If it was, they wouldn?t have sold the company.

[vanillacokehead]

If you want to delete your Plaxo account (which I just did), go to the following link:

https://www.plaxo.com/signin?r=%2Fdelete_account%3Fsrc%3Dplxhelp_1218

[BonnieNewfield]

Plaxo's "SERVICES" have been getting worse and worse. I have a paid account and I have been trying to get a problem where I get an error message after I sign in to be fixed. I even went so far as to have a friend call the so-called PRESIDENT OF PLAXO - Ben Golub ([e-mail]) to fix it, but NOTHING HAPPENED! My friend works for a law firm (like I do) and if nothing is done soon, I'll sue these people!

Their so-called "SERVICES" only permit a mere 3,000 contacts!!!! They only permit a mere 1,000 pulse relationships! They keep telling people that we are stuck with these limitations until they get off their duffs and increase the number.

They claim the limitations are only due to hotmail, yahoo, gmail, etc. limitation but they don't mention that before their address books were limited to about 65,000 -- the limitations of then Outlook/Outlook Express.

All of these services claim that their are set up for the business person. Well, some of business persons have tons of contacts! If they intend to keep this stuff up then the answer is for everyone to BOYCOTT THEIR SERVICES BIG TIME AND FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAVE PAID FOR OUR SERVICES, TO DEMAND A REFUND!

Bonnie Newfield
South Barre VT
email: [e-mail]