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Porn Dominates the Spam Battlefield

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bus-plunges-off-ravine dept.

An anonymous reader writes "New York Times has published an article that explores the economics that control what type of spam shows up in your inbox. The study was done by CipherTrust and shows that porn spam is 280 times more effective than spam advertising pharmacy drugs. Paul Judge offered the following towards an explanation: 'If you look at some of the oldest and most successful forms of business on earth, they revolve around sex.'"

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  1. Combo Ads by neonprimetime · · Score: 5, Funny

    pron spam is 280 times more effective than spam advertising pharmacy drugs

    I prefer the Combo ads, where it tries to sell you Viagra and shows you pictures of who you could use it on.

  2. how to stop 99.99% of spam in the r.o.t.w by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting


    simply filter the $ symbol, i did this at home and spam disappeared overnight never to return and as my company has no dealings with anyone using that currency it didnt stop any legit mail from getting through

    now if only Gmail would let me do the same we will be onto a winner

  3. Couldn't RTFA by CPT+Carl · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've gone blind and can't see my monitor. Plus my palm is too hairy to click the mouse.

    Its not just the spam, dial my sig...

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    THIS SPACE FOR RENT Call 1-800-555-CARL
  4. Hmmm, interesting idea... by celotil · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Paul Judge offered the following towards an explanation: 'If you look at some of the oldest and most successful forms of business on earth, they revolve around sex.'"

    Well, duh . :)

    Look at how we were put together. Whether you're a Christian - "Go forth and multiply" - or simply following simple biological design, we were born to breed, all life is.

    Using porn - the modern, supposedly "illicit" form of personal pleasure that doesn't involve the use of exterior drugs (not produced by the body) - marketing appeals to our basest instincts. How could it go wrong?

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    Te Quiero, Puta!