Spam, an acquired taste?

Lincoln Russell 11 Apr, 2005 at 8:24pm ET Article published in Tech

According to a new study, people are apparently growing more tolerant of, though no less annoyed at, the pile of muck in their inboxes.

“Compared to a year ago, fewer e-mail users now say that spam is undermining their trust in e-mail, eroding their e-mail use or making life online unpleasant or annoying.”

“It’s one of the annoyances in life that you eventually resign yourself to,” Pew Internet chief Lee Rainie told me in an interview this morning.

This seems like a good idea to mention that everyone should check out joinfolding.com 😉

Source: Washington Post

Comments

11 Apr 2005 ~ 8:57pm RWB Great, this just means that we'll get more spam in their hopes of us "getting used to it". I'm still very annoyed by it, although I just have my hotmail account for all my spam purposes, and so far my main accounts haven't had anything I didn't ask for.
11 Apr 2005 ~ 9:21pm Mt_Goat Damn! And I thought this was going to be about the wonderful meat product made by Hormel in a can.
11 Apr 2005 ~ 11:08pm Garg That's the scary thing, it's made by Hormel, rather than growing on four legs
12 Apr 2005 ~ 7:41pm Preacher Why is such a hoopla made over email spam when the numerous flyers and coupons I receive in my snail mailbox everyday waste more energy and paper? Personally, being able to opt out of both, just as I can opt out of a telemarketing list makes sense to me.
12 Apr 2005 ~ 7:53pm profdlp

Preacher wrote:

Why is such a hoopla made over email spam when the numerous flyers and coupons I receive in my snail mailbox everyday waste more energy and paper? Personally, being able to opt out of both, just as I can opt out of a telemarketing list makes sense to me.

I feel the same way.

Just for the sake of explanation, I think the difference in most people's minds is that they aren't used to Internet Spam, whereas we all have grown to expect the old-fashioned kind.
12 Apr 2005 ~ 7:58pm Linc Glad to see you around again, Preacher!
12 Apr 2005 ~ 8:11pm profdlp

General Keebler wrote:

Glad to see you around again, Preacher!

I meant to add a similar sentiment myself.

You picked an exciting time to drop in.
14 Apr 2005 ~ 6:55pm Preacher LOL! Thanks, prof and GK. And yes I intend to get back into the folding fold (pun intended)....