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About 3 years ago I heard firsthand they were sending over a billion a month. I'm sure the numbers have only gone up...so probably quite a lot of raw data. Th
by jaytaylor 10y ago
About 3 years ago I heard firsthand they were sending over a billion a month. I'm sure the numbers have only gone up...so probably quite a lot of raw data.
That said, the actual overall entropy [0] is likely low (based on what I've observed in my inbox over the years; mostly just HTML templates with names and links).
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(information_theory) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(information_theory)
- kbenson 10y agoI wish someone would try their luck with the spam laws on the books against linkedin. The likelihood of a win would be very low, but the benefit if they did win would be enormous to everyone.
- jszymborski 10y agoThat's happened: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/20/linkedin-sued-hacking-emails-spam_n_3963195.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/20/linkedin-sued-hacki... http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/linkedin-class-action-email-spam-1.3260225 http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/linkedin-class-action-email-...
- kbenson 10y agoActually, I was referring more to the recipient side, not the LinkedIn user side. I don't really see a big difference between someone selling their personal address book to LinkedIn and someone supplying it automatically. In both instances, both parties benefit (the user with connections or money, and LinkedIn with new user leads), and the recipients end up with unsolicited email. Using an address book to locate existing users and present them an option to connect is one thing. Using that address book to market to unknown people through their email addresses is clearly spam.