This is an update to my previous post, Zynga, A Text Message Spamming Company.
After going to bed last night hoping that I won’t be awakened by another text message in the middle of the night, I was delighted this morning to wake up and have an email from someone named Wendy Bean from Zynga waiting for me. The email reads as follows:
I was awaken this morning at 4am from a spam text message from Zynga promoting some new game of theirs on the iTunes store. The text message reads as follows:
<Name>, did you know you can earn free chips by playing other Zynga games? Todays[sic] featured game is World Scamble! http://budurl.com/<blah blah blah> [I am not putting the url to their game]
I don’t know what application of yours I downloaded to make you think that I want to be a part of your text messaging spam, however I can tell you this: I will never be downloading any of your applications from now on. I will make it a point to tell everyone about your shady application-promotion strategy so they no one else uses your applications. I’ve gone even as far as to contact Apple about what you’ve done. What you’ve done is unacceptable.
