[Noisebridge-discuss] another spammer harvesting the noisebridge list Re: 1Sheeld to Rule them All

Eli Foley efoley at gmail.com
Fri Nov 22 20:57:45 UTC 2013


In addition to the 'custom' it has also been specifically against the law
to harvest email addresses from mailing lists for use in promotional email
for a decade now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003

good luck with your kickstarter.

-Eli

--Eli Foley


On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 3:12 PM, John Ellis <neurofog at gmail.com> wrote:

> Alex,
>
> Why would you even need to go harvest lists or do shady stuff like
> bulk emailing lists of non-subscribers?
>
> The project has been on TechCrunch, Hacker News, Hack-a-Day and others.
> The usual custom is to put a subscribe box on the front of the website for
> interested persons to actually SUBSCRIBE.
>
> Also, its smarter to avoid superlatives like "best" and "most useful" in
> posts or campaigns.
>
> -John
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>> more spam!!  i didnt ask to be included in your marketing campaign.  i am
>> tired of you people harvesting mailing lists for targeted advertising.
>>
>> your reputation among your target audience goes to zero when you pull
>> shit like this.  good luck selling your product to a community that hates
>> you.
>>
>> -jake
>>
>> On Fri, 22 Nov 2013, Alex wrote:
>>
>>  Hello Jake,
>>>
>>> we are supporting right now the Kickstarter campaign for 1Sheeld (the
>>> most useful and best designed Arduino shield ever) and I though you might
>>> be interested in it: http://goo.gl/dZpxZF
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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