People are More Accepting of Spam

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.

Men worried as pr0n spam drops

[amigoro]

A growing number of men have been unable to go perpendicular despite Hitachi's [hitachigst.com] best efforts due to the decrease in pornographic spam emails as reported by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

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Obviously they don't read Slashdot

[NitsujTPU]

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.

hhhmmm...

[irchs]

Appeasement never works. See World War 2.

Jan

Re:hhhmmm...

[DenDave]

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

I'm thankful for spam

[NitsujTPU]

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.

Re:Obviously they don't read Slashdot

[eofpi]

You must've missed yesterday [userfriendly.org]'s User Friendly.

spam lets me know my mail is working.

[artifex2004]

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.

Re:I'm thankful for spam

[StuffJustHappens]

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.

Re:Desensitized

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:I'm thankful for spam

[Koiu Lpoi]

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

Apathy not all bad

[MECC]

Apathy rising, urge to complain falling....

I mind spam less....

[OhHellWithIt]

Instead of turning apoplectic, I just mutter "<expletive> spammers!"