Monday, July 03, 2006

Porn spam, click through, and the haunting laughter of Leo Strauss

Wow. If this data is to be believed (big if), the click through rate on porn spam is about 6.5%. The only reason that I find this at all credible is that there's so much porn spam out there. With this kind of click through, it all makes sense.

There's still the possibility that maybe half those click-throughs come from adolescent males who are known to be insane and thus not responsible for their actions. Excluding them, it would mean that only 1/30 email users are a danger to themselves and others and should be committed.

Even so, between this and recent American elections, I'm definitely souring on democracy. Alas, Strauss is getting the last laugh ...

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