Tagged: Do any of you use this service? Comments? Concerns?

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A friend sent an email from Tagged.com to my account asking me to join Tagged. I have a few concerns. I have, on occasion, been asked to join various social networking sites. Facebook, 360 yahoo, Orkrut, and a social ring for my highschool graduating class. There have probably been others. I know my mother started a circle of some sort several years ago.. I do not remember the name of it. Family circle or something like that. There is even Ancestry.com, where my sister started tracking our family tree. I seem to recall some other group that I'm a member of.. Plaxo, sort of an email address book updater. I generally, do not do so well on such social circles. Mylot is the most active board that I've participated in. I'm just not one for sharing personal information like that. But, I'm a nice guy with a kind heart. So, I get an email from one of my friends. Well, not really a close friend. Anyway, it is an invitation to join Tagged.com. As I'm filling out that form, I notice that this site seems to be collecting a bit of personal information from me. I grow a bit concerned about that. Then, at the end of the process, there is a part where you are asked to fill out your cell phone number and it send you a text message. Well, that surprised me. I rather think I didn't like that, as I wound up getting three text messages and I pay for those individually. I do not do a lot of texting, it isn't a part of my plan. There were a lot of such cell phone marketing offers. It made me uncomfortable. Conclusion: I was a bit sensitive about the collection of personally identifiable information by Tagged. Is any one else here a participant of the Tagged.com service and what do you think of it?