what is the point of spam
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what is the point of spam
Can anyone tell what "spam" does and what is the point of it i have probably asked this befor but i've forgot, sorry senior moment, the only spam i know is Specially Prepared American Meat.
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- Milims
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Re: what is the point of spam
It's usually some kind of dodgy advert for stuff we don't want!
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And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
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And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!
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Re: what is the point of spam
Thanks for that Milims
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Re: what is the point of spam
And they seem to expect there are people out there who are going to click on their links and then buy their dodgy products. Well none of us will that's for sure!
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Re: what is the point of spam
Yeah spam is really anything internet related that is unwanted, emails, adverts, strange new forum members LOL
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Re: what is the point of spam
I'm always to scared to click on any thing until someone tells me its ok
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Re: what is the point of spam
You're right, especially ones with dodgy names including numbers like 69 !!! Welcome by the way.Nick69 wrote:Yeah spam is really anything internet related that is unwanted, emails, adverts, strange new forum members LOL
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Re: what is the point of spam
Millymollymandy wrote:You're right, especially ones with dodgy names including numbers like 69 !!! Welcome by the way.Nick69 wrote:Yeah spam is really anything internet related that is unwanted, emails, adverts, strange new forum members LOL
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Respect to all, be kind to all and you shall reap what you sow.
old tree man,
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Re: what is the point of spam
... apart from the rather hopeful advertising, a lot of spammers also want to sell advertising space on their sites - and they can only do that if they can prove that they get a large number of hits. So, they put a hit counter on the site and then spam every other site they can think of. Innocent people go to have a look and BINGO - hit counter goes up by one.
Apparently, it doesn't really work, but try telling that to the spammers.
Mike
Apparently, it doesn't really work, but try telling that to the spammers.
Mike
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Re: what is the point of spam
So do spammers get spammed then? Seems to me that they could all spam each other's websites and/or sell advertising space to each other, could live in their own little spammy world and then not bother the rest of us!!!
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