spammers are not all equal
Dec. 5th, 2008 01:25 amIn the last year, I've been put on mailing lists of two musicians:
* Sarina Suno
* Becky Durango
The former swore that she had met me at a party in Tribeca. I had to ask 4 times to be removed.
The latter had no excuses, just a link to my info, so I can update/unsubscribe yourself. Somehow, her system knew that I lived in Pennsylvania (how??). But after deleting myself from her system, I feel confident that I won't hear from her again.
They both entered my email from the PNG image I have on my homepage (I don't think they're using OCR). I know this because I never send email from that address.
If this were your regular Viagra enlargement / get-rich-today / debt-free / lose weight / fake rolex / diploma mill / online casino / silverfernz spam, I wouldn't even think of clicking on such a link. (Also it would have been put on my spam folder)
What about people who added you to their mailing list by mistake, but are too careless to take you off? Are they spammers? What about those who added you legitimately, but still neglect your request to unsubscribe?
Doesn't anyone maintain a wall of shame? Like a BBB for the web. Surely, big retailers like Silverfernz need to be named.
* Sarina Suno
* Becky Durango
The former swore that she had met me at a party in Tribeca. I had to ask 4 times to be removed.
The latter had no excuses, just a link to my info, so I can update/unsubscribe yourself. Somehow, her system knew that I lived in Pennsylvania (how??). But after deleting myself from her system, I feel confident that I won't hear from her again.
They both entered my email from the PNG image I have on my homepage (I don't think they're using OCR). I know this because I never send email from that address.
If this were your regular Viagra enlargement / get-rich-today / debt-free / lose weight / fake rolex / diploma mill / online casino / silverfernz spam, I wouldn't even think of clicking on such a link. (Also it would have been put on my spam folder)
What about people who added you to their mailing list by mistake, but are too careless to take you off? Are they spammers? What about those who added you legitimately, but still neglect your request to unsubscribe?
Doesn't anyone maintain a wall of shame? Like a BBB for the web. Surely, big retailers like Silverfernz need to be named.