Since there seems to be confusion over my usage of the word spam, here is my working definition (others will likely have a better one):
Spam is an incessant in-your-face offer to subscribe to or buy a thing (or concept) you do not want, nor need, nor potentially derive benefit from in its acquisition. It is a collosal waste of everyone's time and attention. It aims to swindle value from the foolish by misrepresenting the bankruptcy of whatever benefit it offers.
...which is reminiscent of this passage:
Woe to those that deal in fraud, Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure, But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due. Do they not think that they will be called to account?
Qur'an 83:1-4 (Yusuf Ali translation)
-- "Don't let the handshake and the smile fool ya" -The Undisputed Truth, Smiling Faces Sometimes
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday May 31 2022, @02:20PM (3 children)
Spam is only an excess of certain bad kinds of speech.
Now it becomes a simple matter of tagging it as either good or bad.
Simple. Problem solved. Everyone happy.
Young people won't believe you if you say you're older than Google. (born before 1998-09-03)
(Score: 2) by nostyle on Tuesday May 31 2022, @07:50PM (2 children)
Since there seems to be confusion over my usage of the word spam, here is my working definition (others will likely have a better one):
Spam is an incessant in-your-face offer to subscribe to or buy a thing (or concept) you do not want, nor need, nor potentially derive benefit from in its acquisition. It is a collosal waste of everyone's time and attention. It aims to swindle value from the foolish by misrepresenting the bankruptcy of whatever benefit it offers.
...which is reminiscent of this passage:
Qur'an 83:1-4 (Yusuf Ali translation)
--
"Don't let the handshake and the smile fool ya" -The Undisputed Truth, Smiling Faces Sometimes
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 31 2022, @08:20PM (1 child)
No, no, DannyB is correct. Spam is an excess of certain bad kinds of speech that he doesn't like.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday May 31 2022, @09:11PM
Yes! That exactly! Which makes that speech bad.
Young people won't believe you if you say you're older than Google. (born before 1998-09-03)