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How the Spam Industry is Sustained

Posted by samzenpus on from the please-stop-clicking dept.

mOoZik writes "The BBC has an interesting article about spam and why it's still around. According to a survey, nearly 1/3 of users have clicked on spam messages and 1/10 have bought products advertised therein. "If no-one responded to junk e-mail and didn't buy products sold in this way, then spam would be as extinct as the dinosaurs.""

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  1. Re:Hey (non-)fucker by gordgekko · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You can call me a grammer Nazi until Al Gore finally figures he will never be president but the fact remains you criticized Republicans for being stupid and then made a stupid mistake.

    As the kids say, joo |053

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  2. Re:Hey (non-)fucker by rookworm · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Grammer Nazi's

    Maybe you would do well to be apprehended by the punctuation Nazis.

    Note: I have no affiliation with Nazis and/or Republicans.

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  3. Re:Bush was voted in for a good reason by Clay+Pigeon+-TPF-VS- · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you had posted logged in, I would have added some fans (and some foes, but they like democratic underground).

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  4. Re:Hey (non-)fucker by gordgekko · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm not a Republican and I have never voted for a Republican.

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