The history of spamIt’s the most despised form of communication on the internet: spam. This Media Bistro infographic charters spam’s history, from ancient cave paintings to email chain letters.
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How I made millions spamming Facebook: an insider’s confession
You know those ads on social networking sites saying “Inbox (5). Nick, someone in Sydney has a crush on you!”, with your name, profile picture, and city in the ad? Dennis Yu made millions off them. He explains how.
Why good programmers go bad
Why do computer programmers turn to a life of online crime? Poor education, a criminal record and a dislike of authority, according to an undercover investigation by IT researchers — but some are just good people who can’t resist the lure of the dark side.
The BCA launches a spam-alanche
Yesterday, the Business Council of Australia mistakenly emailed the same screed hundreds and hundreds of times to Australia’s elite. Oops.
Aussie ad agency now hiring trolls and spammers
Ad agency Emerson is looking to employ a “social search consultant” to comment on blogs and forums under a fake persona then sneakily promote its clients. The agency at least concedes it’s pretty underhanded, but insists it’s not spam, but rather “link baiting”. A troll by any other name…
Welcome to Festac Town, email scam capital of Nigeria
“Dear Sir, I am a Nigerian prince…” you know the tune. And if you’ve received one (or, say, five billion) of these emails, chances are it came from a single town in Lagos, Nigeria.
Crikey Clarifier: What is spam and where does it come from?
An estimated 94% of all email is spam: over 100 billion messages every day. Stilgherrian explains where it comes from and why.
Sexing up Spam
Sales of the mysterious canned meat that is Spam have soared in the GFC, and its makers are capitalising with a new advertising blitz.
Good Day!
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ…
