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Geek Tip: Report Shady Twitter Accounts to @spam
Isn't it a total disappointment when you net a new Twitter follower, but when you go look at their page to see if they're worth following back, there's just bot-like messages and a creepy profile pic?
Spam followers bum you out, but you don't have to just sit back and do nothing. User Nanimo commented on last week's post about blocking unwanted Twitter followers with a great tip: next time you suspect a Twitter user is a spammer, tweet their handle to @spam, Twitter's spam watcher.
How to Complain About Those Factory Warranty Spam Calls
I turn into an angry she-Hulk every time my cell phone rings and I dive for it, only to hear "This is the second notice that the factory warranty on your vehicle is about to expire." I all but explode to the recording "But I don't even have a car!"
These spammy calls seem to affect everyone I know — and we're all sick of it.
Gmail "Spams" Me — WTF?!
My love for Gmail is kind of ridiculous: I've got it pimped out with a colorful theme, video functionality and useful Labs, so why does it repay me with scary Spam web clips?
I subscribed to some fun clips, and I know Gmail often throws up the odd Google Sponsored Link or Gmail tip, but c'mon — Spam clips?
I don't eat Spam, and I've never talked about buying it, eating it, or cooking with it in ANY of my emails or chats.
John Hodgman Romanticizes the Words of Spam
Only sexy geek John Hodgman (AKA PC) could make unsolicited emails offering you prescription drugs sound this romantic! Watch him read actual spam emails for Boing Boing TV's SPAMasterpiece Theater in his honey-toned voice and see if you don't start clicking "Report Spam" just a little bit later.
Google Squashes Spam Problem in Gmail
Notice an irregularly large amount of spam arriving in your Gmail inbox lately? Well Google says it has remedied the problem by fixing the bug that was letting these annoying emails make it past their spam filters.
Google still asks that you report any spam messages that are making their way to your inbox instead of your spam folders.
Getting Revenge on Spammers
Have you ever wanted to reply to a spammer, not to ask him how his life came to this or did he think that this is what he would be when he grew up, but just to taunt him? A writer for the Boston Globe did just that; when a spammer emailed him, promising him 20 percent of some fake company's profits for just the exchange of his bank account numbers (what a deal!), he decided to have fun with spam.
He emailed the spammer back, playing along for a bit, and got into a pretty funny volley, with gems from the spammer like, "In my last email i ask you to provide me your credit card number and the limit.
Website of the Day: Innocent Spam
Being a professional "spammer" is risky business, but for those of us on the receiving end, you can't help but find it humorous when sites like Spam Is Poetry use these messages as their blueprint for artistic expression.
Contemporary artist Janet Nelson has taken email from her spam folder and created an ingenious collection of Innocent Spam drawings that are inspired by spam headlines such as this one — helping to get all of our minds out of the gutter!
To learn how to post your favorite websites to our Website of the Day group, read more
Sending Spam Emails Could Land You in Jail
As much as spam emails totally suck when they make their way to your inbox - especially ones like these - I can honestly say I was completely shocked when I read this story on USA Today.
A man from Colorado has been arrested for sending hundreds of thousands of spam e-mails. His sentence?
Website of the Day: Spam Is Poetry
I can't help but chuckle at the few spam emails that make their way through my filters and into my inbox. Buy this and grow that — oh, the temptation!
Do you ever notice how spam can be somewhat poetic at times?
Spam Now Makes Up 83% Of All Email
A few months ago we read a study that said thirty-seven percent of U.S. e-mail users say they are getting more junk in their personal e-mail accounts. Now, we hear that spam is now 83 percent of all e-mail and that number is on the rise.
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