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Web Profits in the Gutter

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the storm-drains-clogged-with-spam dept.

The New York Times has an article about the web's one true growth industry: spam, fraud and porn. Societal meltdown or flourishing ecosystem? The talking heads debate.

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  1. Re:Fraud and Spam? by GigsVT · · Score: 4, Funny

    but frankly i don't know how people are so stupid that they fall for internet scams or buy products through "special deals" *exclusively* for them and 20,000,000 other people.

    Next Sunday, sit across the street from a church parking lot for your answer. Some people will believe anything.

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