How Powerful is the Turn-Off Power of Spam?

Posted by Cliff on Friday August 6, 2004 @03:11PM from the spam-and-its-anti-marketing-effect dept.

JayBonci asks: "Here's a question to the Slashdot readerbase. How powerful is the turnoff power of spam? With an upcoming political election in the United States, and a nation not very-well defended against mass unsolicited emailings, what kind of anti-marketing medium is spam? Could a spammer push out millions of: 'V0te for G3orge W. Bush!' or 'J0hn Kerry for Presidnet@', in the hopes to turn off (or on) voters. Spam marketing penetration is terrible (I've heard figures like .001%), but how powerful is its anti-marketing capabilities? An interesting discussion for the Slashdot audience." How often do you make the decision to NOT buy something form a company because you know they engage in spamming activities?

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Re:I hate you by nlindstrom · 2004-08-06 18:03 · Score: 0, Troll

But ... but ... I prefer OwlofCreamCheese petrified and covered in hot grits!
Re:This is more delicate than that by eyeye · 2004-08-06 21:48 · Score: 0, Troll

Zionists have already used this technique to try and smear people who do not agree with their views with some success. They faked lots of spam from certain people with twisted messages to try and discredit them.

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