Collactive Inc. was an Israel-based privately held start-up company which marketed software designed to influence ratings on sites which allow users to rate articles or other items. Collactive launched publicly in May 2007, with US$2 million in startup funding from American venture firm Sequoia Capital.
Collactive main product was a system designed to influence ratings on key sites which measure the popularity of items on the Internet. The system had two main components, the APB component that allows an individual to create and distribute a "call for action" webpage, and the "Web Assistant", installed on a user's computer, which helped APB participants by automating the process of logging in, voting or commenting according to the previously created APB.
Controversy
Like its earlier Blue Service Team-released Blue Frog, Collactive's software was accused of being unethical.[1]
See also
Megaphone desktop tool, an earlier version of Collactive's "Web Assistant" used for political lobbying.
"New Web 2.0 App Prompts Web 2.0 Elite To See Democracy As Spam", Wired blog entry by Ryan Singel.
"Web Sites' Lists Of 'Most Viewed' Too Easy to Game?", Wall Street Journal.
, InfoWorld
"Collactive seeks to overwhelm Digg, Reddit with interested stories", Venture Beat.
"Anti-spam tech reborn as web activist tool", The Register.
"Spammer Slammer Targets Politics", Wired.
References
^"Blue Security Resurfaces Reincarnated as a Social Networking Spammer – The Blue Frog Will Spam Digg, Del.icio.us and More with Their New Collactive Service". The Internet Patrol: ISIPP Publishing. 2007-06-07. from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2013-07-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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