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Is spam also killing every social media platform, messaging app and even Google itself? Is spam not an indicator that people still use it if it's still lucrativ
by hammyhavoc 4y ago
Is spam also killing every social media platform, messaging app and even Google itself? Is spam not an indicator that people still use it if it's still lucrative spamming people, thus proving it isn't dying and is actually a sign it is still used?
Consider that email accounts are the go-to account recovery method for most services, and it's ubiquitous in biz. Also consider that you can prioritize specific domains or filter x domains to never go to spam, e.g., your own company's domain.
Any "death" is that people struggle with their own mailserver as a general rule of thumb. Does that thus mean email is dying? No. As the article says, perhaps independent email is, but it hasn't been in a good place for over a decade at this point.
- yamtaddle 4y ago> Is spam also killing [...] Google itself Oh my god, yes. To all appearances they declared defeat in the Great Webspam War some time around '08 or '09 and their results have been markedly worse ever since.
- hammyhavoc 4y agoIn terms of end-user quality of result, yes, I agree, but they're still wildly profitable, ergo they are not dying. They're a business. Their pulse is measured in dollars, not quality or user sentiment.
- yamtaddle 4y agoSure, fair point.
- GoblinSlayer 4y agoMessengers can't be spammed: you approve every sender and can mute them any time.
- hammyhavoc 4y agoI get 20+ accounts per day trying to send me nudes and get me to join a camshow on Snapchat. I get dozens of FB Messages weekly trying to scam me out of a verified Facebook Page. I get dozens of WhatsApp messages per day spamming me. I get tons of Twitter and Instagram spam to the point that my DMs are useless. I get Telegram spam weekly. I've even started getting spam on bloody Matrix protocol. Just because your experiences are x doesn't mean that it doesn't happen.
- Gigachad 4y agoI've been on Telegram since 2016 and I probably receive one spam message per 4 months. And I'm super active in a lot of groups. Possibly could be related to the types of groups you join though. I've noticed that 100% of the spam I receive on Telegram is about blockchain scams so perhaps being in tech or finance related groups (which I am not) could increase the risk.
- hammyhavoc 4y agoLike with Snapchat, almost all of mine are camshow and crypto spam. It must definitely be some kind of demographic thing with what you're active in; lonely nerds for the camshow spam? Lmao. It also wouldn't surprise me if there's lists for sale of people of xyz demographics.
- Cyphase 4y agoNobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.