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Re:The father of modern spam speaks (2002) by convolvatron on Saturday October 07, 2023 @02:40PM (#37804342)
Carter himself posted in reply to some of the outrage at the time saying "don't look at me, this is clearly an opportunity to reach customers, and its going to be exploited, stupid non-commercial rules or not".

its not clear how much that one post effected the eventual outcome

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Re:The father of modern spam speaks (2002) by mistrial9 on Saturday October 07, 2023 @05:42PM (#37805817)
game developers who do not recognize this opportunity are f**ing stupid.. I heard recently.. sounds familiar.

It seems like some kind of internal cesspool overflow, where reason and empathy are pushed aside with force of self-serving actions, and social pressures associated with "succeed or FAIL"

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