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:: Monday, January 31, 2005 ::

A window into Spammer Psych

The Register recently published an article about "link spam" or "comment spam." So far, I haven't seen any on M Squared T. Maybe now I'll be in for it.

The spammer they interviewed has an attitude that is basically "they screwed up and I'm taking advantage of it, so why's it my fault?" Moreover, he sees no problem with supporting the market for "PPC" (porn, pills and casinos - The Register's term).

This sort of attitude was used as an argument in another case I dealt with recently. But it doesn't hold water. Taking advantage of others' weaknesses is not a morally tenable position. Perhaps we should encourage our legal system to create systems to discourage such acts of injustice - even if the injustice is more annoying than dangerous.

:: Matt 1/31/2005 08:54:00 PM :: permalink :: ::
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Comments:

did they have any solutions to comment spam, i get hammered by it... about 40 a day... any suggestions?

# posted by

eric keck : 7:44 PM

sorry, didn't notice that you linked to it for us...

thanks

# posted by

eric keck : 7:45 PM

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