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The Number One App In Apple's App Store Vows To Stop Spamming Your Friends With Invitations
The Number One App In Apple's App Store Vows To Stop Spamming Your Friends With Invitations
Jillian D'OnfroDec 13, 2013, 21:25 IST
LinkedIn / Evan Reas Circle CEO, Evan ReasThis week, a local news network app called Circle sky-rocketed to the top of Apple's App Store charts. But, as Valleywag pointed out, the app was incredibly spammy in the way it asked you to invite all your Facebook friends to try out the service.In response to the mass annoyance expressed by people getting dozens of invites to try the service on Facebook, Circle CEO Evan Reas vowed to revoke the app's spam-blasting behavior on Circle's blog.Circle will now only send a maximum of three of invites through Facebook and two through text messages per user. It won't let you invite any more than that. You can now rest assured that the number of pointless Facbeook notifications you receive will be going back to normal.Check out the letter from Circle's CEO in its entirety:
