Why is human kind so obsessed with forwarded messages? Why can't they keep certain stuff to themselves? Humans are meant to be selfish by nature but when it comes to gossip and useless stuff (I mean stupid senseless senti stuff) there is no end to their generosity. Tele-marketeers apart, its our very own friends and acquaintances who are behind this menace. 80% (approximate) of the total email traffic on the internet consists of forwards and spam.
Till now I only had to deal with such forwarded messages in my email account (spam is automatically taken care of by the spam filters, God bless those developers). Mobile phones too have their share of spam but it is manageable (the other party can also afford to waste so much money). Now there is a new incarnation. People must be familiar with the concept of "scraps" on Orkut (a community building site thats all the rage now-a-days). Yeah you guessed it right. I've officially received two such messages in my scrap book (which met the same treatment at my hands as any other spam message would have - deletion) so far.
Please don't tell me that people actually enjoy receiving and reading such messages all the time. Please don't get me wrong, some of the messages are really good and worth reading but the others (don't even get me started on those) simply stink.
Don't just blindly forward these messages because someone dumped them on you. Your friends would really appreciate it if you were considerate and sent only those messages that really count. Time is precious for all of us alike.
But then this habit of ours has been around since long. There are plenty of sayings reflecting upon this. Its just that now, with improved technology, people are finding out new means and methods. Technology is a double edged sword, so use it carefully.
Till now I only had to deal with such forwarded messages in my email account (spam is automatically taken care of by the spam filters, God bless those developers). Mobile phones too have their share of spam but it is manageable (the other party can also afford to waste so much money). Now there is a new incarnation. People must be familiar with the concept of "scraps" on Orkut (a community building site thats all the rage now-a-days). Yeah you guessed it right. I've officially received two such messages in my scrap book (which met the same treatment at my hands as any other spam message would have - deletion) so far.
Please don't tell me that people actually enjoy receiving and reading such messages all the time. Please don't get me wrong, some of the messages are really good and worth reading but the others (don't even get me started on those) simply stink.
Don't just blindly forward these messages because someone dumped them on you. Your friends would really appreciate it if you were considerate and sent only those messages that really count. Time is precious for all of us alike.
But then this habit of ours has been around since long. There are plenty of sayings reflecting upon this. Its just that now, with improved technology, people are finding out new means and methods. Technology is a double edged sword, so use it carefully.
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