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> Including one request to Fk off. If someone had just sent me an email letting me know that my email and password are out there in the wild, "fuck off" would
by mynameisvlad 11y ago
> Including one request to Fk off.
If someone had just sent me an email letting me know that my email and password are out there in the wild, "fuck off" would not be my first reaction. That's just rude.
- hartator 11y agoSending unsolicited automated emails, even for good, may be considered rude as well.
- mynameisvlad 11y agoReally? Do people seriously have this notion? Yes, sending actual spam is rude. But an unsolicited automated email can easily be deleted, especially if it's one time. I would never associate "rude" with that, maybe "annoying" at worst.
- nicky0 11y agoFor me: Unsolicited automated email = Spam. Unsolicited semi-automated (i.e. fill in the blanks) email = Spam. Unsolicited personal email actually written by a human = OK. Followup to unsolicited email because I didn't reply to the first one = Very rude. Instant blacklist of sender.
- hartator 11y agoAnother thing to consider, these emails were also sent as a way to educate people about web security. I am not surprised that unsolicited automated emails to educate oneself are considered rude by some people. Also for ref: http://dontevenreply.com/view.php?post=99 http://dontevenreply.com/view.php?post=99
- DanBC 11y agoBut this is actual spam! It's bulk, and unsolicited. The content doesn't matter.
- mynameisvlad 11y agoWell, it really depends on one's definition of spam. I personally consider emails that are bulk and unsolicited, but provide some sort of actual information or help to not be "spam" but instead just call it what it is, a bulk, unsolicited email. To move it over to the spam category, I also would require it not be at all useful to me. Of course, that's just me, which is why I asked the question.
- GigabyteCoin 11y agoWhen you email over 97,000 people at once, you're bound to get some strange responses.
- BorisMelnik 11y agogotta figure out of every 97,000 people one person is probably intoxicated / on bath salts
- tomjen3 11y agoI would have assumed it was either a spam or a scam and probably sent nothing. If I had sent anything, fuck of wouldn't even part of it though.
- soperj 11y agoSome people use that as an exclamation, like "No way! Fuck off!"
- asddubs 11y agomight have been someone who thought it was some sort of phishing-attempt
- tripzilch 11y ago> If someone had just sent me an email letting me know that my email and password are out there in the wild, "fuck off" would not be my first reaction. That's just rude. Really? This guy emailed 97,000 people and you're just going to assume they're all just like you? :) In this list, with near certainty there will be all of the following: children, teenagers, people having a really really shitty day, dogs, criminals, mentally ill, and possibly indeed also a few who are "just rude" ... Frankly it surprises me he only got one "fuck off" reply.