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For me googling spam definition brings up google definition in which irrelevant is the first word. Before getting sidetracked on definitions of other words, I
by vikramkr 3y ago
For me googling spam definition brings up google definition in which irrelevant is the first word.
Before getting sidetracked on definitions of other words, I would be deeply surprised if asking a bunch of people on the street "If you received a message you didn't ask for and didn't expect, but it turns out you are very glad you received it and it provided you value, is that spam?" resulted in a broad consensus around "yes"
Unwanted and unsolicited are definitely not the same thing, whether or not you solcit something has nothing to do with if you want it, I'm not sure how those are synonymous. And if being mandated to recieve a message by someone else counts as you soliciting the message, where solicit in its most common definition means to ask for, then I guess that means that everything is solicited?
- shkkmo 3y agoSince you failed to post the "google definition", here's the one I get at the top when googling "spam definition" > Unsolicited e-mail, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk e-mail. Note, "unsolicited" is the first word and "irrelevant" does not appear anywhere and there is no discussion of the utility of the message to the recipient.