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Because he's charging to send them. It's not nice charging $100 to send you a message and ignoring it.

• loxs 14y ago
  In fact I think it works the other way around, and it's a very good idea. "If someone is willing to spend $100 to text me, they probably have a good reason to do it. Maybe it's worth reading..."
  • gavinlynch 14y ago
    You're kidding, right? "Dear Mark, I am writing because I have a great business opportunity for you... ... ... ... ... and that's why you should buy out my revenue-positive minimum viable product so we can pivot towards disrupting even greater markets in the social space. Sincerely, Every startup in the world" Yes. I'm sure it's a great idea and only the highest quality of spam will be sent his way. Please forgive my cynicism ;)
    • rcavezza 14y ago
      I would much rather prefer $100 per message spam than free to send spam. As for a point of order, this wouldn't be considered spam anyway: A message is Spam only if it is both Unsolicited and Bulk. Unsolicited Email is normal email (examples: first contact enquiries, job enquiries, sales enquiries) Bulk Email is normal email (examples: subscriber newsletters, customer communications, discussion lists) http://www.spamhaus.org/consumer/definition/ http://www.spamhaus.org/consumer/definition/
      • gavinlynch 14y ago
        Thanks for the entirely pedantic and useless correction. Assuredly you have heard "spam" used colloquially to refer to unwanted messages, and not just the narrow definition of "unsolicited bulk" email. Have a nice day.
• jpdoctor 14y ago
  > It's not nice charging $100 to send you a message and ignoring it. And god knows that a business guy like Zuck would never do anything that's not nice.