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Study on the Effects of Spam on End Users

Posted by michael on from the nuisance-factor dept.

An anonymous reader writes "'About a third of people responded to a spam, seeking more information. And 7 percent actually bought a product or service.' Who are these people? Is this really what non-techies do with Spam? They can have my Spam if they want it :-)"

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  1. I've yet to meet by andih8u · · Score: 5, Funny

    an intelligent person who bought something off a spam. These are the same people who are getting herbal viagra while dreaming of a larger penis while writing up their resignation since they'll get so much money from that nice Nigerian man.

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  2. Re:with a sample size that small by alexre1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unfortunately, most media companies don't care about the statistical validity of their surveys; they only care about how interesting the survey will seem to their readers. One of the newspapers in my city (Toronto) ran a huge university ranking story last week, based on student reviews. The funny thing was that two of the universities in the top-10 ranking for medical schools didn't actually HAVE medical schools.

    Awhell :) What can you do. Aside from complaining on Slashdot, of course.