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Hurricanes Affecting Spammers?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the show-me-the-proof dept.

Ant writes "According to BusinessWeek Online's article, Lots of folks think the hurricane hits in Florida, the Sunshine (and Spam!) State have taken slowed the volume of spam." I've not noticed any decrease.

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  1. Correlation does not equal causation by Myrrh · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just because you happened to receive less spam this month than you did last month, and at the same time, hurricanes happen to be slamming Florida, does not necessarily mean hurricanes are slowing spammers down. Nor does it mean that all--or even most--spammers are located in Florida.

    Sometimes luck is just luck. There is such a thing as coincidence, in spite of what the religious nuts may try to tell you.