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I suppose I agree for the narrower claim that a protocol which allows anyone to message anyone is going to inevitably have spam. That said I can count on my fi
by jrumbut 4y ago
I suppose I agree for the narrower claim that a protocol which allows anyone to message anyone is going to inevitably have spam.
That said I can count on my fingers and toes the number of spam messages (via hijacked accounts) that have reached my Facebook Messenger/Instagram inboxes and have received zero spam in several years on Snapchat.
Walled gardens have many downsides, but there are upsides as well.
- pwinnski 4y agoYou don't get spam on Snapchat? I think you might define it differently than I do. Since those walled gardens have a verification step before allowing sending messages, spam on those platforms consists of "friend requests" from unknown people. If one is foolish enough to accept one of those, the more traditional spam message soon follows. So yes, most walled gardens' two-step approach makes the spam more civilized, but they don't eliminate it.
- jrumbut 4y agoNot a single one! I suppose I occasionally see friend requests from unknown users, but they don't actually convey a message or achieve any possible advertising goal. That said, I only communicate with a couple dozen close friends on snapchat so perhaps a more active user will get spam.