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People are More Accepting of Spam

Posted by Zonk on from the yuck dept.

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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  1. Men worried as pr0n spam drops by amigoro · · Score: 3, Funny
    A growing number of men have been unable to go perpendicular despite Hitachi's best efforts due to the decrease in pornographic spam emails as reported by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

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  2. Obviously they don't read Slashdot by NitsujTPU · · Score: 5, Funny

    Given the number of posters who recommended the death penalty for the guy who received 9 years for his contribution to society (spam), I'd say that the persons who participated in this study are not Slashdot readers.

    1. Re:Obviously they don't read Slashdot by eofpi · · Score: 2, Funny

      You must've missed yesterday's User Friendly.

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  3. hhhmmm... by irchs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Appeasement never works. See World War 2.

    Jan

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    1. Re:hhhmmm... by DenDave · · Score: 5, Funny

      What? You wanna wait till they spam pearl harbour before you do anything about it??

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  4. I'm thankful for spam by NitsujTPU · · Score: 5, Funny

    Honestly, I'm quite thankful for spam, for two reasons:

    I'll never be shy in the locker room again, and the ladies love me!

    Now, if only I could shut that lady who keeps saying mean things about my dikky up, I'd be fine. Personally, I have no idea what her standards are.

    1. Re:I'm thankful for spam by StuffJustHappens · · Score: 2, Funny

      Glad you are no longer shy in the locker room. A word of caution though - if you now have a large dikky, take care when slamming your locker door.

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    2. Re:I'm thankful for spam by Koiu+Lpoi · · Score: 2, Funny

      Now, all we need are pills to make you stop calling it your 'dikky'.

  5. spam lets me know my mail is working. by artifex2004 · · Score: 5, Funny

    seriously, I'm so used to seeing some regularly that if a few hours pass, and I don't get any, (and this is AFTER all my filtering, that's how bad it is) I test mail my server to make sure it's all good.

  6. Re:Desensitized by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the latest demographic group to join the Net have always known spam. To them, it is a natural thing.

    Exactly. In other news, Windows users are more tolerant of computer crashes. To them, it is a natural thing.

  7. Apathy not all bad by MECC · · Score: 2, Funny



    Apathy rising, urge to complain falling....

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  8. I mind spam less.... by OhHellWithIt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Instead of turning apoplectic, I just mutter " spammers!"

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