Obama Beats McCain In Spam Landslide

An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times runs an article about the spammers' choice of presidential candidate. From the article: 'According to Secure Computing Corp., spammers were nearly seven times more likely to slap Obama's name in the subject line than McCain's during September. The bulk of Obama's lead in the spam wars came from a massive blitz early in the month.' Secure Computing released additonal numbers for the past weeks, and McCain was able to close the gap in the latest spammers' poll."

Comments

This is stupid.

[Jaysyn]

This is such non-news. Does anyone really care who spammers use in a subject line for spam?

Re:This is stupid.

[AvitarX]

It is at least as relevant as the Halloween mask race. Well it could be. That is why it is interesting.

Political interest?

[phorm]

Seems to me that the spammers must be working on a basis of whatever words most likely to interest the reader into clicking further, so it's perhaps an indicator of how interesting "person X" is overall at a given time. I've seen various celebrity names pop up, and I believe that Obama's did awhile back before the newer spams containing Palin's name in conjunction with various sexual keywords.

Meaningful?

[I.M.O.G.]

So thats the trend, but how is it meaningful?

If the spammers are doing it, I assume thats because the majority of their target customers are aligned similarly with Obama. Makes sense, since Obama's online presence is considerably more progressive than McCains... Still doesn't say a whole lot about anything.

Re:Meaningful?

[Klaus_1250]

Still doesn't say a whole lot about anything.

Isn't that what politics is all about?

Re:Meaningful?

[rohan972]

If the spammers are doing it, I assume thats because the majority of their target customers are aligned similarly with Obama.

but I thought only stupid people responded to spam. What could this mean?

Well Duh

[Anonymous Coward]

Think about the age range of people between party lines. The republican party targets older voters who are not likely to even own a computer.

Not to mention that the Democrats are pushing the get out and vote to first time voters who are more tech-savvy.

Re:ah yes, the yachting season is upon us again

[paazin]

Cute, so even slashdot spam generally follows these guidelines.

Actually what I worry about more

[Anonymous Coward]

is the amount of spam email I get that is blatantly pro-Obama propaganda.

Either his campaign is hiring them, or someone who supports him is spending a HELL of a lot of money (and violating campaign finance laws) hiring them.

I don't vote for spammers or corrupt chicago crooks. Therefore, I won't vote Obama.

Re:Actually what I worry about more

[Anonymous Coward]

How is this a Troll? Because the AC has the gall to say something negative about Obama?

Last time I checked, "Freedom of Speech" actually meant something in this country--regardless of political preference.

Re:oh iiiiis it.

[Bob-taro]

and the person you label as 'big brother' openly declares support about net neutrality and lectures about what freedom and equal opportunity means to internet and how it is tied to network neutrality on his website and policies.

Politicians preaching one thing and practicing the exact opposite has been around since the dawn of politics.