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Re:The father of modern spam speaks (2002) by khazhoux on Saturday October 07, 2023 @05:37PM (#37805774)
It was inevitable in the singular meaning of the word. Spam would have happened even if this couple had never existed. There is no outcome (*) where the Internet stays free of spam (or other intrusive commercialization) forever.

(*) I should qualify, I'm speaking only of our /present/ universe. It's possible that in another multiverse, no human decides to put their personal gain above others.

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Re:The father of modern spam speaks (2002) by dylan604 on Saturday October 07, 2023 @06:58PM (#37806215)
the concept "if a little works, a lot will work even better!" is pretty much a given in everything. nobody ever does the "small moves, Ellie". it's "but it goes to 11" on everything. with the painlessness of mass sending of email, there was no pain to cause someone to slowdown. it was an immediate "take of and nuke it from orbit" from the word go on everything.
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