He Loves Spam? I Sure Don’t!

CNET December 18, 2002 ran a story this past May by Barry Dennis called “Why I love spam” Barry first relates his experience of some years ago when he would get a lot of postal “junk mail” that was unsolicited and he says that he loved it. He says he really appreciated the offers because he learned things and bought things as a result. He further says that the junk mailers “were (and still are) reaching out to satisfy my needs as their research indicated”. There was a time when I would have agreed with Barry with regard to “junk mail”, but then he goes off the deep end to say that he loves spam email! He says that the spam he receives tells him about things he is interested in, gives him referrals, and provides ideas and food for thought. His bottom line is that spam is simply the “junk mail” of a few years ago. I completely disagree. (read more)