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Junkie Loves His Spam

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ruining-the-internet-for-the-rest-of-us dept.

VicPylon writes "Here is the reason we have to spend time and money on spam filters. This character actually responds to and buys from spam. I wonder if he is aware that he is supporting digital pollution?" I guess this proves that there really is something for everyone online.

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  1. Not against SPAM by bsharitt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is why I'm not completly against Spam, but I wish they would clearly mark it so those who don't want it won't get it and this guy will.

    1. Re:Not against SPAM by interiot · · Score: 5, Insightful

      As long as the economics of spam mean that there's nearly nothing stopping more people from sending it, virtually guaranteeing that the signal/noise ratio of my mailbox will go down for the rest of time, I'm against it. Until that can be fixed (legislatively, technically, whatever), I think most spammers will be hated, independant of whatever they might be selling or whoever might be buying it.

  2. Hypocrisy? by PincheGab · · Score: 5, Insightful
    So in the name of freedom, we should suppress freedom?

    If the guy wants to buy from spammers, let him. We have to fight spam from another angle, not by supressing people's rights to do stupid things.

  3. Sounds fishy by dhclab49 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How does a guy earning $40k per year have a 2 bedroom apartment in Midtown Manhattan?

  4. What I don't understand... by gfxguy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If so much spam actually finds buyers, why don't any of these people honor opt-outs?

    And if there's really people like Mr. Soto, what's the problem with actually having opt-in?

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    Stupid sexy Flanders.