Mark Levinson wrote:
>
> I hesitate even to say this, for fear of spreading destructive ideas,
> but there is a form of flaming that resembles pinpoint spamming.
> Sometimes an individual is punished by net-vigilantes by having his
> or her mailbox stuffed to overflowing with unwanted messages. This
> should NEVER BE DONE, not only because it is boorish but also because
> it can harm other users who share the same net resources. But it is
> a form of flaming that does resemble spamming in that it involves lots
> and lots of unwanted messages.
We have a terminology problem here. "Flaming" doesn't mean "attacking one person as opposed to many", it refers to the content of a message (angry, insulting, and/or critical). One can flame a hundred people as well as one.
"Spamming" relates to HOW the message(s) are distributed. Spamming means flooding the system with messages in an inappropriate way, regardless of the content of those messages.
See the difference?
--Brian
Brian K. Yoder
<byoder[_at_]netcom.com>
Received on Fri Oct 27 1995 - 22:30:51 GMT
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