well, the way for it to go away is for people to stop paying attention, like on that simpsons halloween episode. the way to make advertisements go away is to stop paying attention. and that's what startles me too. it hasn't gone away. thus, the only reasonable conclusion is that there actually are people responding to their spam, or previously, who responded to the telemarketers. now, i actually can see why the porn emails are sticking around. plenty of people would be like "hey, free naked people, i'll click there." what i don't understand is the people who are clicking on unsolicited emails offering mortgages or herbal medicine or enhanced anatomy. the fact that this is an industry which is apparently making money is mind boggling
Posted by shane at March 1, 2005 02:06 PM