I never really got into Plaxo, but I had an account and some data on the service. I didn't run there sync software on any of my computers, so I wasn't able to take full advantage of what they had available. I was able to make a few connections via the service, so it was all good.
I read today that Comcast has bought Plaxo, an online social network and address-book aggregator / sync tool.
I deleted my account.
Although Plaxo has had its trouble in the past, it's not about Plaxo. It's about Comcast.
I just don't trust Comcast.
With the news that Charter Communications (another large cable ISP) is working to implement incredibly invasive user profiling on its network and similar efforts underway at other ISPs, I believe it's only a matter of time before Comcast starts doing this too (if they haven't already and just not told us). Why should I just give them my social network data via Plaxo? They'll just scrape it up using the profiling technology and have all my info anyway.
Comcast has shown over and over that it has no problem being evil. I'm not going to trust my social network and contacts to a company that I fully expect to violate that trust.
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