As of last night, I was feeling like maybe Spamcop isn’t entirely evil, because one moderator took the time not to be a flaming asshole.
Today, though, I’m back on the blacklist, and I’m rethinking the “not evil” appellation. No matter how they couch the language, they are imperial stormtroopers making decisions for me (and a whole lot of less educated, less fortunate souls). Decisions I never asked them to make.
I fucking hate anyone acting like they are my savior or the rest of the world’s savior, when no one asked. It’s the same mentality that tries to shut down pornographers, picket (and worse) abortion clinics, install V-chips, label music and movies and otherwise save me from myself. You know, fucking no thanks.
Here’s a few of the tactics I figure smack more of power tripping, delusion than the “help” they are supposedly offering:
For my site, I’ve been on and off the list three times in a week. The last two have been because of “spamtraps” according to this page. If you read that carefully, the traps are secret and no reports can be generated or requested, because they are meant to be hidden. So, a form of email surveillance, alledgedly for my own protection, which I cannot verify or otherwise review is fucking me up. Yeah, that seems totally fair and a swell idea.
The moderator who seemed friendly or someone else from Spamcop sent me an email test of some kind through my site, after I posted on the forums. No one told me they were going to do anything like that, nor did they follow-up with me in any way until I asked out of desperate concern. Since when is system testing on the sly considered a fair practice or correct way to deal with end users. Really, who the fuck do they think they are? Thank God I “passed.”
Their forums feature all sorts of hacking mentality tips for fucking with spammers. So, let me get this straight, if you’re a spammer, you’re a scumbag, because you’re wasting other people’s bandwidth? OK, I might agree. But, what are you if you are a vigilante who sets up a “Spam Vampire” to purposefully waste other people’s bandwidth? Oh, wait, I know the answer, you’re a moral relativist and an Internet thug.
I dunno. If they are legitimate and good-hearted in their desire to help other people, the message is completely lost by their bully boy bullshit.
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