Re: anybody here from facebook?

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On 5/4/10 6:14 PM, Wim Lewis wrote:
> 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.

Exactly, if a person chooses to email you, it's not bulk and it's not 
spam (not the same). It may be unwanted, but blaming facebook of 
spamming means your definition of spam includes opt-in mailing list 
sign-ups.

        Gadi.

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