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It's not clear in the article - is PayPal gaming the "Important Inbox" feature of Gmail by making fake important-reading "Balance Summaries"?
by edandersen 13y ago
It's not clear in the article - is PayPal gaming the "Important Inbox" feature of Gmail by making fake important-reading "Balance Summaries"?
- xelfer 13y agoPretty much. An email I received 30 minutes ago: "xelfer, your PayPal balance summary is here plus an extra discount from Virgin Airlines."
- josteink 13y agoWhat a shock! When Gmail introduced a feature to reduce spam and spam-like email in your Inbox, the people sending that spam will adapt and try to game it. More news at eleven. Did anyone seriously believe this would be a viable long term solution?
- wpietri 13y agoThe shock expressed isn't about Gmail; it's Paypal. Bottom-feeding behavior from Viagra spammers is expected. But from valuable tech brands it's a sign of dangerous rot.