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> Email/Push Notifications : Spam

Mind explaining this one?

So, when unsolicited advertisements are delivered to a physical mailbox, generally, most people refer to those parcels as:

  "Junk Mail"

The electronic corollary for this "junk mail" is often referred to as "spam."

Marketing strategies, carried out by e-mail, especially when the conversation is not initiated by the recipient DO fit the description of unsolicited advertising. Thus: spam.

How confusing was that?

A. No need to be hostile. It wasn't confusing, I asked for clarification.

B. You didn't say anything about "marketing strategies carried out by e-mail" - you specifically said email and push notifications. Push notifications are not spam. Email notifications are not spam.

And truthfully most marketing email isn't spam either. The actual definition is "irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients." But feel free to keep changing the definitions of words so you can be irrationally angry at people.

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