I came across the following blog today titled: Outted by Plaxo. In his article, the author warns people of blowing the news of an upcoming job or acquisition by prematurely updating your Plaxo cards.

I think this is good advice, and something I'd like to echo here.

The great thing about Plaxo is that it works to keep you updated and connected at all times. When you modify your details, Plaxo automatically updates the address books of other connected members, and these updates occur in near-real time. We certainly want to encourage you to keep your details updated and accurate, but you should also be careful not to inadvertently update others of change events sooner than intended.

To assist in this, a soon-to-be released version of Plaxo will bring some welcomed improvements to the process of updating your Plaxo cards. Prior to saving your updated details, Plaxo will remind you connected members will be automatically updated with your new details. You will also have greater control over the member alert normally generated by your update. You'll soon be able to keep your friends and family members updated with your new details, but if you would prefer the update to be silent (ie: no alert generated), you'll now have that cability. We'll blog more about these features once they are released.

PS: Here are a couple of blogs that highlight how Plaxo alerts have been useful in notifying members of changes in their network. I guess this makes Plaxo an early indicator of job market activity :-)