Dec 03

Minor annoyance…

2006 at 11:04pm | by Dave

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I received spam from yourhostnow@gmail.com today spamvertising his auction on Sitepoint today. The email was as follows:

Hey

www.flavicon.com is for sale. If your interested in reading more about the details of the website, please click the below link to its sitepoint auction page.

http://www.sitepoint.com/marketplace/auction/3053

Thanks!
flavicon.com

I suppose it’s not that big of a deal, I mean we all ignore the amazing stock tip spam and cheap rx online emails we get every day. However, when someone can spamvertise their auction on a popular and respected site (I doubt I was the only one to receive it) it irks me a bit. I also posted a message on the thread (non inflammatory) stating that I did not appreciate the unsolicited advertising. However, my comment was quickly deleted.

What do you guys think? Am I being a bit too sensitive here or do I have a right to be a little irked?

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4 Responses to “Minor annoyance…”

  1. Jason Says:
    December 5th, 2006 at 10:29 am

    I recieved that useless spam letter as well.. Shame on whoever sent it..

  2. Matt Mickiewicz Says:
    December 5th, 2006 at 3:18 pm

    Thanks for posting about this.

    We do not permit auctions to be promoted via unsolicited bulk email. I have sent a note to the seller.

  3. Dave Says:
    December 6th, 2006 at 10:41 am

    Hey Matt,

    thanks for the response. I appreciate the note. Makes me feel much better about the situation.

  4. Online business and the blogsphere PR obsession. » Dave and Jay - Crazy Web Entrepreneurs Says:
    April 14th, 2007 at 11:03 am

    […] This has happened 3 or 4 times on our little blog already (several times when were were first starting and had next to no readership, even). It’s interesting how Web 2.0 companies and online businesses have a fascination with blogsphere PR. In some cases it can be good, like when Matt Mickiewicz let us know our concerns were being taken care of in the Sitepoint complaint post. In the mediocre category, is when Dan Theis basically argued with Jay after he posted a less than favorable review on the services we received (not that we didn’t learn anything from Dan, but read the post and surmise your own conclusions; I stopped posting on the thread after my first reply because I tend to get a little hot around the collar on these issues and I’ve learned that it’s wise to just keep your pie hole shut sometimes). […]

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