Sarasota Spam

What is it with government agencies that makes them think that they can send out spam and somehow bypass the fact that it is... well, spam. Wired asks the same question of Sarasota's promotional campaign to attract tourists again after the hurricanes.

Reading the article, it sounds like it wasn't as bad or offensive as it could be (just see the election timed spam for example). But it is still frustrating to hear everyone complaining about getting mass mail, and then at the same time seeing more people resorting to it as a way to get the word out.
Make up your mind if you want to stop it or not, and then enforce it - even at the government agency level.

Also, anyone see the amusing side of it that most spam originates in Florida, and even their promotional ad campaigns for tourism use spam as a tool? Perhaps Florida should change their state motto phrase to "The home of spam."

Posted by Eric at November 22, 2004 11:46 AM | TrackBack