We’ve added a highly useful feature for people doing Rapleaf searches. If you search for someone on Rapleaf that we have not seen before, we now have an easy way to click to be notified (via email) when we get the information on the person you are interested in. Just click the big ‘Email’ button and we’ll deliver you the results when ready.
This is great for getting a reminder in your inbox that the search is complete, and a quick way to know when to check back to Rapleaf for the information you were seeking.
Give it a try - search any email address and if we haven’t yet seen the email before, you’ll have the opportunity to receive an update via email once the search is complete.
posted by dscudder
[08.28.07]
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August 28th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
A nifty feature they added to LibraryThing recently was “Explore your “Also On” connections”. They allow you to list where else you have an online presence— explicit social networking sites like LiveJournal as well as places like flickr and YouTube— and when you tell it to explore your connections, it will slurp up your publicly listed contacts on various sites and tell you if any of them have a LibraryThing. That would be handy to see on Rapleaf (though there might be some challenges in validating that a particular RapLeaf account matches a site that doesn’t already display the e-mail address publicly).
August 29th, 2007 at 10:47 am
Max - Thanks for the suggestion. Its a great idea, and that functionality is something we hope to add in the future.
Cheers!
-Dan
Rapleaf
September 4th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
It is obnoxious how I am forced to register for your “service” in order to remove information from my profile. Is this website for people who are too lazy to do old-fashioned internet stalking?
September 4th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
[…] To be fair, the site could have seen a huge influx of traffic, and thus real search queries, when the first bad news came out. It seems unlikely, though, that the 6 people who told me on Twitter that they also received emails from Rapleaf today were honestly searched-for in the past 2 days using this relatively obscure service. The company has also instituted some new email push features in the past week, though there’s no mention of search subjects getting emailed on the company blog (come on guys). If you’ve been following Facebook app development, for example, you know that the “when do I send a notification” question is one companies are wrestling with as much today as ever. Likewise, it’s hip to ask users for their email usernames and passwords today - though it’s not going to be the casual thing many companies are treating it as now for much longer. Emails are everywhere and many people are nervous. I don’t see any public response to any of these questions and criticism by Rapleaf. […]
September 4th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
[…] To be fair, the site could have seen a huge influx of traffic, and thus real search queries, when the first bad news came out. It seems unlikely, though, that the 6 people who told me on Twitter that they also received emails from Rapleaf today were honestly searched-for in the past 2 days using this relatively obscure service. The company has also instituted some new email push features in the past week, though there’s no mention of search subjects getting emailed on the company blog (come on guys). If you’ve been following Facebook app development, for example, you know that the “when do I send a notification” question is one companies are wrestling with as much today as ever. Likewise, it’s hip to ask users for their email usernames and passwords today - though it’s not going to be the casual thing many companies are treating it as now for much longer. Emails are everywhere and many people are nervous. I don’t see any public response to any of these questions and criticism by Rapleaf. […]