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Originally posted by Redbone
Unsolicited email isn't necessarily unwanted email. Spam is email that's sent out in bulk, indicriminately, with no targeting attempted at all. If a person with some webmaster tools buys a list of the emails of everyone on GFY and then sends us all an email about their tools, is that spam? I say not. Then again, I'd be really pissed if a list like that were ever sold... unless it were sold to someone who wants to sell me something I want, of course!
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but not all webmasters are interested in the newest traffic trading script offer. so now you're really expecting them to know not only your market segment but also product choice and desires. is spam that targetted? no. it's just like stereotypes... to say that every [insert race here] is [insert sterotype here] is going to be wrong most of the time.
to say every webmaster in the world wants to know all the latest webmaster "scripts" and "tools" is insane. all bulk-email is considered junk email in my book unless i signed up for it. if i've signed up for it, then i consider that a "mailing list" of sorts.
i am interested in porn. does that mean when i get an email in my inbox telling me there's new porn out there, that was a good "targetted" mass email, because i'm male, horny, and looking for whackin' fuel? NO. otherwise porn spam wouldn't be considered "spam" because everyone loves porn. come on.
summary: just because the email is about something you're interested in, doesn't mean it was "targetted" or "approved" spam. it's still unsolicited.
just wait until you get 250 emails per day about the newest webmaster tools and such, and then you'll be complaining again. when every company in the world figures out "i can open up some place to sell scripts, and spam people, because they don't get offended when i spam them with non-porn, more business-related subjects!!!" i'm sure it will change your mind.
maybe that's just my "the-glass-is-half-empty" view.
