Has RallyPoint highjacked your Linked-In or Facebook accounts? What is your opinion about these auto invites?

2015-03-11T19:06:41-04:00

Today a co-worker (never served) asked me why I invited him to RallyPoint since he didn't serve in the military. I told him I didn't. When I came home tonight I received an email from my former roommate at Delta Chi, wanting to know the same. He was confused with the invite sent to him, "Please connect to RallyPoint. There are a bunch of people from our unit on there and ey can help you get on the inside track on great career opportunities, See you on RallyPoint... and look rward to catching up!" Misspellings are actually in the invite. My friend responded, " confused by the "people from our unit." Not normal language for frat brothers.

Response by LTC Yinon Weiss made Mar 11 at 2015 7:19 PM

2015-03-11T19:19:52-04:00

RallyPoint does not invite anybody that you do not select to invite. When going through either the registration process, or invitation process, RallyPoint offers the opportunity to invite others from your other social network accounts, but you have to give permission to do so.

If you would like your individual account reviewed, please contact [login to see] with details of what messages were sent, to whom, and when, and they can review your situation.

Response by SGT Jim Z. made Mar 11 at 2015 7:24 PM

2015-03-11T19:24:37-04:00

I just wish there was a better way to do invites from Facebook and LinkedIn.

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 11 at 2015 7:27 PM

2015-03-11T19:27:15-04:00

I don't really care (about invitations, I mean), but as LTC Yinon Weiss said, you probably authorized it, Maj Private RallyPoint Member, and didn't realize it.

Response by CW3 Craig Linghor made Mar 11 at 2015 7:38 PM

2015-03-11T19:38:27-04:00

Just think OPSEC when posting. Im sure the Chinese and Russians love this site. Makes their job a lot easier.

Response by Col Joseph Lenertz made Mar 20 at 2015 1:06 PM

2015-03-20T13:06:22-04:00

Rallypoint: Just stop. Stop it.

Response by CPL George Mann Jr made Mar 20 at 2015 1:18 PM

2015-03-20T13:18:56-04:00

I at one time had a face book account but I felt that there was to much personal exposure to the public so I unsubscribed. I just don't trust the site

Response by SGM Erik Marquez made Mar 20 at 2015 1:43 PM

2015-03-20T13:43:36-04:00

I understand RP needs to expand to be relevant in the social media realm.. And I understand the required marketing and advertising that has to take place.

What I need to understand is this truly an automated and unacknowledged culling of our contact list or accessing data on our computer in some way?

Is this a check box auto selected and up to the user to find it and deselect it?

Or was this a user selected 'do you want to" and the user inadvertently selected to send the invites to his contact list.