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Unsolicited communication is generally referred to as spam. Spam is generally considered bad because of the demands it makes of you, cognitive and resource-rela
by dingo_bat 9y ago
Unsolicited communication is generally referred to as spam. Spam is generally considered bad because of the demands it makes of you, cognitive and resource-related. So the answer to your question is of course.
- koboll 9y agoBut it's usually a price you willingly pay in exchange for a service. You gave your email out to get something in return. You're seeing those ads because you want to read something else on the website. You've entered into a transaction where receiving advertising is an implicit trade you've made to get something else.
- Doxin 9y agoI don't know about you, but I've never entered my email in exchange for anything knowing I'd get spam. At the very least the transaction is unfair since the spam part is generally left very implicit.
- Karunamon 9y agoAn implicit trade that’s becoming more and more irrelevant as advertisers become more and more disrespectful of my time and attention. They were ramping up on the distraction long before ad blocking and skipping were widely used.