Did You Get Tagged Yet?
I recently heard that people were talking about Tagged for some odd reason. I decided to investigate and see why. I mean, Tagged is a pretty nice social networking site, but it’s definitely no Facebook or Myspace. It didn’t appear they had made any major updates, so why were people talking about it?
My search led me to an article on Nielsenwire that talked about the top 10 social networking sites ranked by the time users spent on the sites. It was primarily about Facebook and Myspace, which is to be expected, but Tagged showed up as number 4 in the rankings chart.
Now, 4th is not that far from first and definitely not last, so it seems a bunch of people were trying to figure out exactly what this Tagged thing is. I mean, it actually beat Twitter at something so it must be important, right?
What’s even more interesting is that so many people haven’t heard about Tagged. Their marketing practices border on spam and are extremely viral. I don’t even recall how I got tricked into signing up. The way it works is that, during the sign-up process, you are given the option to put in your email credentials so that Tagged can then spam invite your friends. You may recognize this tactic from many of the Facebook apps you’ve dealt with. Your friends end up receiving an email that looks something like this:
Tagged says they have about 70 million users and Compete says they have almost 5 million unique visits per month, so I’m thinking this strategy has been working. The 3 things that stand out about it:
- Someone sent you photos. Don’t you feel special? Who doesn’t want to see photos?
- They told me I have to click! Look at that big shiny Yes button.
- Oh Noes! I’m going to make my friend sad if I don’t click Yes
In all seriousness, Tagged is kind of addictive. Maybe it’s the simple interface. Maybe it’s the match game. Maybe it’s just because I keep getting friended by hot chicks interesting people. Either way, there is something about Tagged that keeps people coming.
What do you know about Tagged?
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IT WAS CLEAR THAT I’M TAKEN ALREADY BY MY FIANCEE AND OBVIOUSLY A CHRISTIAN WITH MORALS AND STANDARDS OF DECENCY AND YET STILL I GOT THAT TRASH. HER PARENTS ARE APPALLED AT THE WAY TAGGED OPERATES. WE ALL HAVE A HIGH DEGREE OF DECENCY AND RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER. TAGGED DID THIS TWICE!! TAGGED CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH YOUR EMAIL, MAIL, PROFILE, ANYTHING! MY ADVISE? GET OUT AND GO TO A BETTER SITE BEFORE IT HAPPENS TO YOU.
IS YOUR DAUGHTER IN THERE? IF YOU ARE DECENT AND YOUR DAUGHTER IS DECENT YOU BETTER GET HER AS FAR AWAY FROM THERE AS YOU CAN. BLOCK TAGGED.COM ON UR PC OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO. YES I LIKED TAGGED. I LIKED IT BECAUSE YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE YOUR PROFILE MORE EASILY THAN MOST. BUT WHEN YOU LOSE ALL YOUR STUFF, ESPECIALLY THE NEXT TIME, YOU WILL HATE TAGGED FOR WASTING YOUR TIME AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS TIME. IF YOU CREATE ANOTHER SITE THEN THEY PUT A BLOCK ON YOUR COMPUTER SO YOU HAVE TO ENTER CAPTCHA TO DO ANYTHING.
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TAGGED SUCKS! MY FIANCEE IS POSTING THIS TO EVERY SITE, FORUM, COMPLAINT SITES, ETC. AS WE OWE IT TO EACH OTHER TO HELP STOP TAGGED FROM WASTING SO MANY PEOPLE’S TIME. SEARCH IT IN ALL THE SEARCH ENGINES AND YOU WILL SEE TAGGED.COM IS BEING BLOCKED IN PLACES AS THEY STEAL YOUR FRIENDS AND INFORMATION THROUGH PHISHING AND SPAM AND FAKES AND FILTH.
HERE IT IS:
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yuh…. Tagged IS addictive.
they made you friends with more people than you ever knew. :3 but it’s kinda sad that this network actually cheats on people. why can’t all people work on something honestly? i mean, not all people are bad, right? So…. yea…..
But, i love this site more than Facebook or Twitter or Myspace.
TAGGED STOLE MY EMAIL NOW I CAN'T LOG IN
they need to stop stealing EMAIL ADDRESS LIKE THEY DID MINEING
TAGGED STOLE MY EMAIL NOW I CAN'T LOG IN
they need to stop stealing EMAIL ADDRESS LIKE THEY DID MINEING
heh…its a bti gay..but not too bad…
I got ,loads of msn messages from confused peopel I havent spojken to fo years…so all good..(i think!?!?!)
This borders on spam scam…I'm not a buyer
i have a profile on tagged and i really like it!!!! i got to meet new people from my valley and other places!!!
How the heck do I get my name & photos off of Tagged after being duped into supplying them?
wow. I don't know tagged in that respect however I am not a fan of the offering considering what else is out there for networking.
In my neighborhood (Brooklyn) Tagged is known as a hook-up site. My roommate and friends keep lists of the girls they have (ahem) Tagged from the site.