Comments on: Spammy Mike

By: Cd-MaN

Cd-MaN — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:50:00 +0000

@LonerVamp: I think that junk mail and telemarketing work for certain products, however most well-respected brands wouldn't use it because of the stigma attached to it.

The stigma is already attached to "spamming" in the virtual worlds, all that remains is calling companies out (like it happened in this case) which should result in increased awareness on their part that such behavior is not considered acceptable.

Or, to sum it up: I think that "naming and shaming" works.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:14:59 +0000

I've been wondering when this will happen more and more "legitimately." I mean, we get unwanted ads blaring on the tele, on the radio. We get junk mail, telemarketers, and spam email. We get spam tweets, facebook friend requests, fake blogs...

Granted, many of the digital ones so far are phishing attempts or other scam-type attempts, but how long will there be a thin line between real companies being spammy like that? I mean, it fits with decades of marketing strategies...
-LonerVamp