The evolution of spam (not the luncheon meat)

The evolution of spam (not the luncheon meat)

Pork, salt, water, sugar, and sodium hydrate. Those are the general ingredients for Hawaii’s favorite meat substitute. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective) that’s not the spam we’re talking about here.

Since the opportunities on the Internet started becoming clear a decade or two ago, the rise of spam as a substitute for real content, as a unsolicited solicitation tool, and as a general annoyance with potential threats has forced many to avoid certain aspects of the internet that would normally be higher quality. Look at email. Twitter. Search engines. All of these things and thousands of other positive components of the internet experience have been tainted by the need to fight the onslaught of spam.

This comprehensive graphic by our friends at Marketo takes us through the years and different variations of spam that have made their way into many of our lives. As countermeasures improve, spammers improve as well. Will the madness ever end?

Probably not. Click to enlarge.

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JD Rucker

+JD Rucker is Editor at Soshable, a Social Media Marketing Blog and Director of New Media at KPA. Find him on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.

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4 Comments »

 
#1
Vug Vee
May 29th, 2011 at 8:08 pm

Dude, it comes with the media. Thats just the way it is.
http://www.real-privacy.tk

 
 
#2
Foo
May 30th, 2011 at 12:19 am

 Says a spammer…. Nobody takes a tk domain serious, clown.

 
 
#3
meat online
October 4th, 2011 at 12:42 pm

This
is a very good blog and I like it alot. This post is very well written. Thanks
alot for writing good quality posts

 
 
#4
buy meat online
October 17th, 2011 at 7:51 am

The hydrate water pork, salt, sugar and sodium. These are the ingredients of replacing meat in general favorite Hawaii. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective), this is not spam, we are talking about.Please keep continue sharing your great ideas

 

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