Spam: The Worst Website Promotion Technique Ever

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Spam Sucks!

Oh how I detest spam... it's horrible stuff. It clogs up your inbox, it fills up your blog comments, and it somehow sneaks onto forums to ruin interesting discussions!

It sucks when you think you've got a new message or comment, only to discover it's a bot spouting unintelligible nonsense!

Join the fight against spam today!

Movie Pitch - Attack of the Spam-bots! 

Picture this...

It's a dark night, about three in the morning, when all good citizens should be snug in bed.

But Jimmy is on his computer... He is simultaneously posting on a forum, working on a school assignment, creating a new Squidoo lens and responding to comments on his blog, when suddenly...

He tries to submit his blog comment but he can't! It just won't go through! And then he sees it... A flood of spam comments are pouring in! He tries to delete them but he can't!! Why are they getting through the filters? Can't someone stop them??

Then the site crashes completely...

Jimmy is freaking out by this stage, so he tries the forum. But the forum has crashed too! Nothing is working!

Oh, the horror! THE HORROR!

An immense Spam-Bot Doomsday Machine has been wreaking havoc at the command of a Nigerian prince, who has finally reached breaking point because no-one will help him transfer his millions, or even buy any cheap viagra!

So... What do you think?

How should the movie end? 

Will the internet live happily ever after?

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This is the only kind of spam I want to see! 

Monty Python - SPAM

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What do you think of spam? 

Do you like it?

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NO! It all needs to stop, right now before I throw my computer out of the window!

poutine says:

Surely, there must be a way to stop this nonsense. After all men can go on the moon, why can't they fix this problem?

PetMemorialWorld says:

It is incredibly frustrating - and the new measures to stamp it out are well due.

Kanga says:

Argh!

Yeah, sometimes... some of it provides useful information/is funny/makes my blog look a bit more loved...

sylickon says:

Of course not but spam is everywhere not only on your mailbox, any publicity issort of spam

designtech44 says:

I think it's an intrusion of a persons time and space and people should have the option of allowing it or not, and giving permission to be solicited.
like anyone can see my web site www.patternstudioa.com to learn more about sewing and pattern making.... and I would welcome students asking me questions about being fashion designers.

dean

Miss Nigeria says:

spam makes the world go round

 

The Top Five Reasons Spam is the Worst Website Promotion Technique 

As if you really need convincing...

  1. Because it's spam!
  2. Because it's spam!
  3. Because it's spam!
  4. Because it's spam!
  5. Because it's spam!

    (Are you sick of seeing the exact same point repeated yet? Well that's how the recipients of spam feel all the time! That's not going to make them check out a website, is it?)

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Gotta love the 'glass half full' attitude here!

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