dannysdailys
join:2000-09-29
Lockport, NY
| reply to Fatal Vector
Re: Charging for spam splits legit vs illegit spam
Being an online editor for 10 years, I'll answer a piece of this for you.
The reason people don't do permissions is the same reason they don't look at their spam box and just delete it.
They're stupid! AOL knows this and is trying to make it our problem. And, it's not just AOL, it happens to all the ISP's who use spam boxes. AOL is so big, it's a much larger problem.
I've had new subscribed members, who have to fill out a disclaimer to even join; not read ONE issue of Danny's Daily's! I'm not making this up. Another deleted the first three issues right out of the box. I deleted her when I caught it. But, I only know this because I'm on AOL. I can't check status with any other system. That's another problem.
Without the Whitelist, which is what they propose to get rid of, my email would go through their normal filters. Just the volume of it will trip their filters. This is what they're not saying. This is why the people don't realize their suddenly going to lose all their subscriptions. This could take out the whole company. This is what happens when bad ideas are taken as gospel. This actually is a war already lost when Microsoft tried to do it. Someone didn't get the memo.
I comes down to "no pay? No access to our members." Period! And don't let their doublespeak change it. There is almost no spam on AOL now, this can't be about spam.
Frankly, I take offense to be included in the same category as a spammer. Getting on their Whitelist is no big deal; staying on it is. I've been on it since it's inception. Now that's not good enough?
While I agree with the concept, I don't agree with AOL's way of doing it.
The concept is pure, AOL has turned it into a money operation. Exactly what they accused Microsoft of when they tried to do it.
These guys have to be idiots fresh out of school. And lots of bean counters eh? |
