People are More Accepting of Spam

twitter writes "Many news organizations are reflecting the opinion of Pew Internet and American Life Project staffer Deborah Fallows that '...email users say they are receiving slightly more spam in their inboxes than before, but they are minding it less.' I think that's an odd conclusion to draw. You would expect the number of people using email less because of spam to decrease to zero quickly when 25% of the population say they avoid email! To their credit, they point out that CAN-SPAM has done nothing to help." The Reuters blurb about this study has a syopsis of their findings.

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You mean the same Slashdot

[imsabbel]

i read?
The one where the e-penis is now how many spam they get?
(well, this might be a bit harsh, but come on. Everytime there is a spam topic, there will be a thread were the usual suspects get off with how much they get... "i get 300 per day!!!11"...

This species can be easily identified by bringing up that its most likely their own fault for using their email unwisely (you know, enter email for free pr0n, ect).
The usual reply will be: "Im SOOOO important that i have to put my email into 153 acticles and on 3 xxmillion hits pages..."

Well, about spam. Shit happens. I never got spam till i once posted my email in a newsgroup post. Sicne then it das been 10 or 20 per day. Before (1995-2003) nearly nothing.