[TopAce]

I had too much free time travelling across the city so I had to spend time with something creative. I tried to define the word spam, which is of course the word we use in relation with the Internet, not the food. This is what I thought would best define spam.

1. A forum post is spam if it is unrelated to any topics which came up during discussion or/and is senseless.
2. An E-mail is spam if it contains unwanted material such as advertisements or senseless mails which serve no purpose.

How would YOU define this word?

The poll was made out of curiosity. I would like to be surprised to see 0 No votes at the end of the timeout.

[Inquisitor]

Unsolicited communication.

So a forum post that had nothing to do with the topic would qualify under that definition.

[aldo_14]

Unsolicited, irrelevant or insulting communication.

And a tasty processed meat product.

[Grey Wolf]

Spam is indeed a tasty processed meat product, as well as a popular topic of discussion within Monty Python sketches.

As for the internet term, unsolicited communication without any beneficial purpose.

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]Tasty?!?

I have to admit that Yahoo's filter is almost 100% effective in removing spam from my inbox so I do recieve it, I just don't get bothered by it.
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[aldo_14]

Unfortunately, it's also very effective at removing job emails from mine.....

[aipz]

I get my "suspected spam" e-mails to a different folder called "spam",
luckily they are not deleted...

SPAM would be an e-mail from an unknown person mass sent to others containing advertisements or some strange topics (of which we don't know a thing <=> rubbish)

SPAM ON A FORUM would a post without any relevance to the current thread topic / new thread on a topic that was already "heavily" discussed before
( Forum spam either comes from:
1. not knowing about certain things like forum etiquette or that a topic was posted before  
2. an mean/unpleasant/off topic intrusion in the current thread
     (sometimes vulgar)

[Flipside]

This.














Interesting thought, if someone spams in a thread about Spam, is it spam, since it isn't off topic?

[aipz]

Only the greatest elder could tell...
A good one

[TopAce]

Yes, since the thread itself started is spam. It is related to it, but has no point and often makes no sense.

[MicroPsycho]

Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages

pretty much sums it up

[TrashMan]

SPAM!
SPAM!
SPAM!
SPAM!
SPAM!
SPINE!
SPOON!
SPONGE!
SPONGEBOB!


..now that was spam...

[Descenter]

I get about 2-5 spam messages a week.

Wikipedia's Def:

Spamming is the use of any electronic communications medium to send unsolicited messages in bulk. While its definition is usually limited to indiscriminate bulk mailing and not any targeted marketing, the term "spam" can refer to any commercially oriented, unsolicited bulk mailing perceived as being excessive and undesired. In the popular eye, the most common form of spam is that delivered in e-mail as a form of commercial advertising. However, over the short history of electronic media, people have done things comparable to spamming for many purposes other than the commercial, and in many media other than e-mail. Spammers have developed a variety of spamming techniques, which vary by media: e-mail spam, instant messaging spam, Usenet newsgroup spam, Web search engines spam, weblogs spam, and mobile phone messaging spam.