Comments on: Spammers can’t you find another business opportunity? http://growing.grassrootnetworks.com/index.php/spammers-cant-you-find-another-business-opportunity/ A place for itchy feet and itchy minds Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:27:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cama http://growing.grassrootnetworks.com/index.php/spammers-cant-you-find-another-business-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Cama Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:06:33 +0000 http://growing.grassrootnetworks.com/index.php/2008/01/09/spammers-cant-you-find-another-business-opportunity/#comment-38 Ouchy. When familiar strangers betray!! Ouchy. When familiar strangers betray!!

]]> By: Chris Brogan... http://growing.grassrootnetworks.com/index.php/spammers-cant-you-find-another-business-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Chris Brogan... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:18:24 +0000 http://growing.grassrootnetworks.com/index.php/2008/01/09/spammers-cant-you-find-another-business-opportunity/#comment-37 In my case, the spam came from people I kinda sorta know. Worse, even. : ( In my case, the spam came from people I kinda sorta know. Worse, even. : (

]]> By: Cama http://growing.grassrootnetworks.com/index.php/spammers-cant-you-find-another-business-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Cama Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:23:08 +0000 http://growing.grassrootnetworks.com/index.php/2008/01/09/spammers-cant-you-find-another-business-opportunity/#comment-28 I guess we have to accept technology will continue to make it easier for layman technology users to execute sophisticated virtual social engineering strategies. The sad thing for the likes of these pseudo companies is they fire back when people feel they are a scam. Keeping a perpetual rationalization that they are doing nothing wrong... http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/267/RipOff0267658.htm I guess we have to accept technology will continue to make it easier for layman technology users to execute sophisticated virtual social engineering strategies. The sad thing for the likes of these pseudo companies is they fire back when people feel they are a scam. Keeping a perpetual rationalization that they are doing nothing wrong…
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]]> By: Aaronontheweb http://growing.grassrootnetworks.com/index.php/spammers-cant-you-find-another-business-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Aaronontheweb Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:46:43 +0000 http://growing.grassrootnetworks.com/index.php/2008/01/09/spammers-cant-you-find-another-business-opportunity/#comment-27 One of the unfortunate consequences of "world-flattening mediums" like the Internet is that the cost to launch and operate an ill-conceived business is small enough that it doesn't discourage people from trying - this situation serves as a good example. Even though spamming via Facebook messaging is not condoned by the network and is considered poor netiquette, the actual dollar cost of getting a hotmail-based Facebook account shutdown for spamming is pretty low compared to the potential return: getting a few people to look at a crappy dating website. The state of Facebook is pretty sad - now we need spam filters just to distinguish the noise from the information on a network that is supposed to consist of just US and OUR FRIENDS. One of the unfortunate consequences of “world-flattening mediums” like the Internet is that the cost to launch and operate an ill-conceived business is small enough that it doesn’t discourage people from trying – this situation serves as a good example.

Even though spamming via Facebook messaging is not condoned by the network and is considered poor netiquette, the actual dollar cost of getting a hotmail-based Facebook account shutdown for spamming is pretty low compared to the potential return: getting a few people to look at a crappy dating website.

The state of Facebook is pretty sad – now we need spam filters just to distinguish the noise from the information on a network that is supposed to consist of just US and OUR FRIENDS.

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