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| Be careful what you wish for Is anyone else bothered by "aim to separate responsible marketing pitches from the "spam" ".
In the process of cracking down on "illegitimate marketing pitches" I fear we are going to further legitimize the idea that users are consumers to be flooded by endless advertising by the business community. The dark side of defining clear lines here is that you are reinforcing social acceptance of things on the right side of the line. You can be sure that line will be drawn in a way that works to the advantage of the business world. In a world of spyware, tracking and targeted marketing, spam is a less intrusive, though annoying problem. Are we going to legitimize the former things while drawing a line in the sand to stop the latter? | |
| I agree. We don't want ANY SPAM!
Another issue----
Who gets to see this list again of almost every valid email address in the country?
You know it will contain 99% of all the email addresses of everyone in the country, don't you? NOBODY WANTS SPAM!
I almost think it is simply an attempt to have everyone volunteer their info so they can be put in a database for some other use.
Hummmmmm...
The bottom line trusted and true way to stop spam (or limit it) is to only give friends and family a "real address" and use a throwaway account for anything on the internet.
If someone gets your real one, simply delete it and get another.
This also is a prime example why my 2 dogs get more credit card offers and other junk mail at my home than I do.
i bet they have more credit than I do by now. | |
six9
join:2001-12-03
Atlanta, GA | reply to careful
said by careful:
Is anyone else bothered by "aim to separate responsible marketing pitches from the "spam" ".
I can see how that can be troubling. While I consider it irresponsible marketing for a company who knows nothing about me to try to sell me "videos of girls and dogs, viagra, penis enlargement, university diplomas and weight loss solutions", the companies might say "well people need those things." I don't need the first (it's sickening,), don't need the second (I'm young and fine as I am), don't need the third (at least according to some women), have the fourth (cost me a helluva lot more than the ones online I'm sure), and I'm fine with my weight. So obviously I do NOT need any of them.
What is the line that would determine what is legitimate and illegitimate? That is the question.
I think we should be able to sue the livin hell out of the ISP's these things come from. I would love to sue WANADOO INTERACTIVE because of their asshole users trying to peddle diet products to me. I think that if the ISPs allow it, they should pay me for the inconvenience of receiving this crap. I don't want it, I never asked for it. Luckily I've filtered out the major subject headers these idiots use. Thank God for email filters and spam repositiories such as Go.com and hotmail.com. As I said in another post. If only there were phone filters as well. | |
| reply to kilingspam
said by kilingspam:
The bottom line trusted and true way to stop spam (or limit it) is to only give friends and family a "real address" and use a throwaway account for anything on the internet.
If someone gets your real one, simply delete it and get another.
Call me old-fashioned, but I want people who have fallen out of touch with me to be able to get back in touch a year from now, a decade from now, or a lifetime from now.
I've kept the same phone number for a gazillion years, and my primary email address has also been constant for a gazillion years.
I'm hoping that authorities will step in and let me keep it that way.
There is hope, IMHO, because my anti-solicitation crusade against junk phone calls has worked. Do-not-call lists are actually semi-effective; my phone is a lot quieter than my email in-box.
I do not want to throw in the towel and "get a new email address"--that would, in essence, let the terrorists win. I would be poorer, spiritually, in my old age as long-time friends who might otherwise be able to reach me no longer could. | |
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