Ok, who's the wise guy

July 23, 2001 12:15 PM

Ok, who's the wise guy who decided to crush-link me? And do you prefer i set you on fire before or push you off of a cliff?

i figured i'd try to find out who it was... i entered about 20 e-mail addresses ([e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]... et al), and i had to sign up for 'netflip' and 'start earning cash on the net', and what did i get? two hints. my crush's first name has 6 letters, and their last name has 5. ugh. anyone know how many e-mails you have to feed this thing?!?

posted by jcterminal (21 comments total)

I got one a couple weeks ago. You simply follow the link in the email or in the small print on their site to never receive another crushlink message from them again, and you can effectively ignore this for life.
posted by mathowie at 12:19 PM on July 23, 2001

Maybe it was fnirt.

The thing I hate most about these crushlinks is that sometimes the email address isn't something I would give out, which makes me think they're harvesting them from somewhere. Once I received a crushlink for [e-mail], a totally business only email address for some web design company I was associated with.
posted by perplexed at 12:20 PM on July 23, 2001

jcterminal: Every e-mail address that you provided to Crushlink has now been sent the same "Someone has a crush on you" message, who will in turn start feeding e-mail address back into the site.

Someone somewhere might have a crush on you, but I doubt they've ever used Crushlink. It's a cleverly designed e-mail scam.
posted by waxpancake at 12:24 PM on July 23, 2001

So what do you do if someone really does have a crush on you? Send them notes in math class? The internet was supposed to fix this!
posted by rschram at 12:42 PM on July 23, 2001

i think it was crushlink which attached my address to all the spamming porn e-mailers and IMers. i get at least 5-10 a day. thanks, guys.
posted by gnutron at 12:54 PM on July 23, 2001

"jcterminal: Every e-mail address that you provided to Crushlink has now been sent the same "Someone has a crush on you" message, who will in turn start feeding e-mail address back into the site."

heh. glad to see i picked some good e-mail addresses.

'dear [e-mail],

someone has a crush on you...'
posted by jcterminal at 12:57 PM on July 23, 2001

it's hidden on the 'about' page, but here's the opt-out page for crushlink.

I have to wonder though if they won't sell your opted-out e.mail address to another e.mail pest 'for entertainment purposes'. They say they won't, but further down they also say that "A user's name and e-mail address will be shared with another registered user..." What if that registered user is another spammer? Seems like a cozy bit of legalese to me. Of course, these opt-outs are just a finger in the dyke it seems.
posted by mb01 at 1:13 PM on July 23, 2001

my crush's first name has 6 letters, and their last name has 5

I think I just may be able to help you, JC

After thinking about this for sometime I have narrowed the field down to either former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar, child star Hayley Mills, or actor Willem Dafoe.

Happy Hunting!!!!
posted by ttrendel at 1:17 PM on July 23, 2001

Bernie Kosar's real first name is Bernard. Which has 7 letters.

So it's either Hayley or Willem.

Happy Hunting!!!
posted by Marquis at 1:20 PM on July 23, 2001

my crush's first name has 6 letters, and their last name has 5

Maybe it was Eudora Welty.
posted by anapestic at 1:24 PM on July 23, 2001

Isn't there a legitimate form of this out there somewhere?
posted by mecran01 at 1:39 PM on July 23, 2001

my crush's first name has 6 letters, and their last name has 5

They got it backwards! "Uncle" has five letters, and "Fester" has six!
posted by UncleFes at 1:45 PM on July 23, 2001

eCrush looks legit.
posted by waxpancake at 1:48 PM on July 23, 2001

So is WinkAt, which is a friend of mine's site.
posted by fooljay at 2:05 PM on July 23, 2001

Bad news, guys. Willem Dafoe is actually William.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
posted by mudbug at 2:29 PM on July 23, 2001

American Mule is legit - they don't ask for addresses from the crushee - and you can send hate mail, too.
posted by Jos Bleau at 2:45 PM on July 23, 2001

Hotmail's pretty good for stalking people, too.
posted by waxpancake at 2:49 PM on July 23, 2001

Sorry waxpancake, the spammers have ruined hotmail - I don't open anything from Hotmail if I don't know the sender; I don't know about the other sites, but the Mule's e-mails come from 'no_reply_possible@ americanmule.com' which has at least a chance of being opened.
posted by Jos Bleau at 3:01 PM on July 23, 2001

you know what i like, i like when someone sends my girlfriend e-mail from '[e-mail]'.

that's amusing to say the least.

damn, i'm really disappointed it's not mr. dafoe.
posted by jcterminal at 3:45 PM on July 23, 2001

It must me Hayley Mills!

This bio even states that she has recently been spending most of her time stateside (you didn't hear it from me, but it is probably to be closer to you).

As an added bonus, she has also spurt forth a verfiable rock star from her gently-aged womb. You could be the over-bearing stepfather that makes him a household name!!!
posted by ttrendel at 4:04 PM on July 23, 2001

Well, it probably isn't Eudora Welty.
posted by thunder at 10:13 PM on July 23, 2001