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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. tried to remove themselves by stonebeat.org · · Score: 1, Redundant

    i know of people who tried to remove themselves from the spam mailing list by clicking on the "remove me from mailing list" link/button. which only made things worse :(

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  2. it makes sense by wayward_son · · Score: 0, Redundant

    After all, what man doesn't want a larger penis?