Fri, 16 Dec 2005

You've got mail, and maybe gonorrhea

On the surface, an interesting and innovative idea. The only problem: it'll never really work. Two words: SPAM filters. Anonymous mail that mentions anything sexual is almost certainly SPAM, and will be treated accordingly. Even when it's not.

And folks still wonder what I mean when I talk about the "hidden" social costs that SPAM inflicts on all of us.

New sites are designed to help people tell sexual partners--anonymously, if they wish--to get tested for STDs.

(link) [CNET News.com]

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Notes: If you put a <mailto:> link in the URL field your address will not be mangled: this could be a bad idea as your email address could be easily harvested by bots designed for SPAM. The comments field should now format correctly for line feeds and carriage returns: when you hit the 'Enter' or 'Return' keys in your comment it should break to a new line. The text should wrap cleanly. Please let me know if it doesn't. No HTML tags will pass through - entering links seems to be the main cause of comment SPAM. Also, please be sure that Javascript is enabled in your browser before attempting to post a writeback. Sorry for any inconvenience, but this really helps cut down on the amount of comment SPAM I have to deal with.
 
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