Comments | virtuolie: Spam of the Jungle

virtuolie

Spam of the Jungle

Jun 09, 2005 16:45

There's something that, to me, is counter-intuitive about email spam: there is no way to take advantage of it or to make good from it. To explain why, first let me advance a personal theory of the Internet ( Read more... )

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The Metaphor Breaks Down squiddna June 9 2005, 21:48:40 UTC

(Someday I will title an album that.)

Spam doesn't affect websites. You're confusing the web and the net-- the web exists on the net. Spam propagates on the net, not the web, even though as a webmail user you mail access spam through the web.

Also websites thrive based on revenue, not hits. While information can attract hits and hits can attract ad revenue, it doesn't always work that way.

Your lies only make my truth stronger, Jedi. virtuolie June 10 2005, 00:23:26 UTC

Spam DOES effect web sites! First of all, it attracts people (very few by percentage of recipients, but enough to keep it profitable) to the web sites it advertises. Second, I'm including online email services like hotmail and yahoo, who get bogged down my spam. Third, business that takes place online is hampered by spam--it costs them money in terms of time to delete it or money to block it (with the latter benefiting the sites of spam-blocking businesses as described in my post ( ... )

tilga June 10 2005, 23:34:51 UTC

i used to work with a girl (whom i LOATHED) who sent SPAM in her spare time.
she got paid like $0.50 per mailing or something crazy.. but, she could send out SO much, that it ended up being $20/day.
anyway.. i loathed her b/c she was a spam person. (NO, andrew - not a person made of spam.)

so, the only good that comes of spam is ppl get paid to spam you. sucks for us, good for them.
this is where belief in kharma comes into play...

squiddna June 11 2005, 00:03:18 UTC

How is that karma?

tilga June 11 2005, 00:49:29 UTC

this is where *belief* in karma comes into play..

what i mean is.. if you believe in karma, you have to believe that these schmucks out there making money off your inconvenience will get something bad in return.

i HATE spammers.
and knowing that alot of the spammers are real ppl & not just bots just kills me.
especially since most of them can't spell worth a crap.