Replying To Spam
from the don't-bother dept
Ever get the least bit curious by some of the spam that you get? Think that maybe one out of the thousands clogging your mailbox are worth reading? Think again. A reporter responded to a bunch of spam he got recently and found that every one of them was a scam of some sort. What I want to know is how many people actually respond to spam? Obviously it must be enough to keep spammers spamming away at an ever increasing rate, but at some point even stupid people have to learn to ignore spam. Right? Please?
Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
Reader Comments
Subscribe: RSS
View by: Time | Thread
Why?
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re: Return to Sender
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Spam
[ link to this | view in chronology ]