Re: anybody here from facebook?

[Wim Lewis <wiml () hhhh org>]

On May 4, 2010, at 12:26 AM, Paul Vixie wrote:
> they've become an opt-out spammer.  i'm blackholing them rather  
> than clicking on their unsubscribe link.  anybody from facebook  
> want to meet up for drinks over this matter?

It's annoying, but is it spam? After all, in theory each of those  
messages is sent by a human action, they're not really bulk. Somebody  
who might plausibly have sent you normal email instead gave your  
email address to Facebook and asked them to contact you, and that  
message was the result. Granted, the web form was probably titled  
"search for friends!" rather than "annoy anyone you've ever  
corresponded with!", but whatever. (Disclaimer: I don't do Facebook,  
so maybe I have the wrong idea about what actions trigger those  
emails.) In the best light, Facebook is no worse than any public  
email provider like gmail or yahoo. In a bad light, I'm not sure  
they're any worse than an open relay or misconfigured web form.


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