Comments on: Spam Getting More Sophisticated http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/07/17/spam-getting-more-sophisticated/ Thoughts on Startups, Entrepreneurs and the Web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/07/17/spam-getting-more-sophisticated/comment-page-1/#comment-190244 Chris Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:47:47 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4927#comment-190244 Mark - the guy's grammar was not very good, and he didn't *really* try to add value to the conversation, so fair enough to call it spam. That said, I think it's legitimate for people to comment on blogs and get a link back to their site (if the blog is setup to allow this), provided that they are respectful and adding value. Twitter spam is another whole area ... but probably a lot less of a problem. You see a TON of tweets that are blatant promotions to affiliate links, etc. The good news is that nobody is there to read those tweets, so it's like the tree falling in the forest with nobody to hear it or see it. Nobody cares. If I accidentally followed someone on Twitter and realize later that they spam via tweets, I'd just unfollow them. Mark – the guy's grammar was not very good, and he didn't *really* try to add value to the conversation, so fair enough to call it spam. That said, I think it's legitimate for people to comment on blogs and get a link back to their site (if the blog is setup to allow this), provided that they are respectful and adding value.

Twitter spam is another whole area … but probably a lot less of a problem. You see a TON of tweets that are blatant promotions to affiliate links, etc. The good news is that nobody is there to read those tweets, so it's like the tree falling in the forest with nobody to hear it or see it. Nobody cares. If I accidentally followed someone on Twitter and realize later that they spam via tweets, I'd just unfollow them.

]]> By: Dropper Inner http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/07/17/spam-getting-more-sophisticated/comment-page-1/#comment-190077 Dropper Inner Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:39:25 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4927#comment-190077 it almost makes the web unusable when every third comment is real. I've tried to join yahoo groups, but they're all spam, email is all spam and social networking sites (I'm looking at you facebook) are turning into all spam also. I find that it is becoming frustrating using the web for anything but casual reading or videogames; it's so hard to find people to converse with. it almost makes the web unusable when every third comment is real. I've tried to join yahoo groups, but they're all spam, email is all spam and social networking sites (I'm looking at you facebook) are turning into all spam also. I find that it is becoming frustrating using the web for anything but casual reading or videogames; it's so hard to find people to converse with.

]]> By: steve Dodd http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/07/17/spam-getting-more-sophisticated/comment-page-1/#comment-190058 steve Dodd Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:19:04 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4927#comment-190058 Yes Mark, it's becoming a huge issue not just for bloggers but also Twitter users. And as this becomes more mainstream, we'll see more and more of it with very nasty payloads burried in those links as well. This is the real reason for focusing on the elimination of spam as has been experienced with email for years. Annoying, yes! Dangerous, even more so! Yes Mark, it's becoming a huge issue not just for bloggers but also Twitter users. And as this becomes more mainstream, we'll see more and more of it with very nasty payloads burried in those links as well. This is the real reason for focusing on the elimination of spam as has been experienced with email for years. Annoying, yes! Dangerous, even more so!

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