Did a scan of the Spam folder this morning to see if anything was slipping through the net. Only one false positive (a Flickr notification) but I learnt a lot along the way:
- Paris Hilton Infested With Cockroaches
- Paris Hilton Charges For Pussy
- Cats skinned alive in Alabama
- What would a “PhD” title do for your resume?
- Eminem found dead in disco toilet
- what a stupid face you have here sixball
- Do not click if you are a loser
- Strength male voices
- Vulcan!
- Blair: Im Not Gay, Thats Just My Accent
- Afghan bombing kills President Bush
- Iran Kicks America In The Nuts
- Iran declares war on Iraq
- Aliens Abducted By Michael Jackson
- We caught you naked in the shower sixball
- Horse kicks Ralph Lauren in stomach
- Bomb her womb from your huge cannon!
- Learn backdoor lambada
- Dog digs grave for owner
- Real men do not play games, they win!
Inspiration being the green shoot that springs from the mire of tedium, i conceived the perfectly logical (and gleefully impractical) solution to spam.
Spam only occurs because it is economically viable. It’s only viable because of a base of mindless responders. Therefore, for the overall health of the medium and 99.9% of its users, I propose users are regularly challenged to demonstrate mental capability.
Nothing to taxing or frequent. Something along the lines of ‘Budapest is the capital of which european country?‘ will suffice. Anyone who consistently gets questions like this wrong should be ushered onto MySpace where they can be safely accommodated.