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E-cards site alert sex partners of STI risk - 12/12/2008 5:25:25 AM

came4U

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E-cards alert sex partners of STI risk: http://www.vancouversun.com/health/sexual-health/cards+alert+partners+risk/920181/story.html

"It's not what you brought to the party," reads another. "It's what you left with."
The cards are generated by inSPOT, the first online STI partner notification system that uses electronic postcards to "tell your hookups, ex's, boyfriends, girlfriends, and partners they may have been exposed to an STI."

here is the site: http://www.inspot.org/gateway.aspx

TIPS ABOUT THE SITE

Notify everyone you've had sex with in the past six months. Oral sex counts, too.

Try looking through your old emails and your online address book to complete the list.

If you decide to compose a personal message, put yourself in the other person's shoes. Think about how you were told—what you liked and what you didn't—and put the best of it into words.

You don't have to provide detailed medical info—this email card will automatically provide links to what they need to know.

You can send postcards anonymously or from your email address. Historically, when you tell a sex partner(s) yourself, it's more likely s.he will "hear" the message and get tested.

No information will be collected or shared with any public or private agency.

Good idea? Bad?

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RE: E-cards site alert sex partners of STI risk - 12/14/2008 1:12:00 AM

BbwCanaDomme

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Let me preface this by saying I'm not a bad person haha

When I heard about this a month or so ago, my friend and I thought it would be funny to send notifications to our friends. Sooo we did. We emailed them later letting them know it was a joke, but it did remind a couple of them to go get tested, so bonus. This is a great idea in theory, but there's so much room for abuse.

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