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Some people, myself included, receive occasional emails from Marco invernizzi, containing some self promotion, some jokes, and funny pictures. They have never bothered me, in fact I often have gotten a good laugh from them. However, someone felt the need to complain publicly about them on another forum instead of just writing Marco and requesting that he remove them from his list.
All in all, no big deal, but then the conspiracy theories started, a couple people wondered how he obtained their email address and before you know it, other forums were targeted for unfounded accusations.
Flybri hinted at such in his post at http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/258326-post16.html
"I can't help but wonder if it has anything to do with which Forums an individual has signed up for... I'm a member of bT, Bonsai Vault, IBC, BonsaiNut and BonsaiChat, yet I haven't received a single slice of Marco's spam. Perhaps I'm reading too much into this, but the registration records for Forums such as this would provide all the email addresses a spammer could possibly want."
Then Irene b said the following at http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/258347-post20.html
"I never was on usenet, so who else does that leave?
Bonsainut,AOB,KNOB,Bonsaisite...
Who would sell out their members?"
I have no idea why anyone would jump to such a baseless conclusion and make the huge assumption that Marco gets email addresses from any forum at all, but I am quite sure this forum has not given out its members information, and I know for a fact AoB and KoB has not, not would they ever.
These baseless and unsubstantiated accusations serve no good and erodes inter-forum relationships.
I often have the job of tracking down email addresses of artists that we want to feature at AoB or who we want to judge a contest. Trust me, if someone wants your email address, it is quite easy to obtain. I am also certain that Marco doesn't randomly send out his emails, he most likely just sends them to everyone his client has saved, which in many cases is anyone who has ever sent him an email, as well as those cc'ed in it.
I would hope that people would simply ask in the future, instead of inventing some grand conspiracy theory that has no foundation. Forums should co-exist, support each other, not attack each other at the slightest whim.
Also, for the record, I like Marco's emails.
Will
All in all, no big deal, but then the conspiracy theories started, a couple people wondered how he obtained their email address and before you know it, other forums were targeted for unfounded accusations.
Flybri hinted at such in his post at http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/258326-post16.html
"I can't help but wonder if it has anything to do with which Forums an individual has signed up for... I'm a member of bT, Bonsai Vault, IBC, BonsaiNut and BonsaiChat, yet I haven't received a single slice of Marco's spam. Perhaps I'm reading too much into this, but the registration records for Forums such as this would provide all the email addresses a spammer could possibly want."
Then Irene b said the following at http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/258347-post20.html
"I never was on usenet, so who else does that leave?
Bonsainut,AOB,KNOB,Bonsaisite...
Who would sell out their members?"
I have no idea why anyone would jump to such a baseless conclusion and make the huge assumption that Marco gets email addresses from any forum at all, but I am quite sure this forum has not given out its members information, and I know for a fact AoB and KoB has not, not would they ever.
These baseless and unsubstantiated accusations serve no good and erodes inter-forum relationships.
I often have the job of tracking down email addresses of artists that we want to feature at AoB or who we want to judge a contest. Trust me, if someone wants your email address, it is quite easy to obtain. I am also certain that Marco doesn't randomly send out his emails, he most likely just sends them to everyone his client has saved, which in many cases is anyone who has ever sent him an email, as well as those cc'ed in it.
I would hope that people would simply ask in the future, instead of inventing some grand conspiracy theory that has no foundation. Forums should co-exist, support each other, not attack each other at the slightest whim.
Also, for the record, I like Marco's emails.
Will
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