- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Now a lot of things have been said about spammers.Spammers everywhere. I have an aquaintance who spams, and he is what I consider to be the typical spammer.... Very shy, lonley, finds it hard to talk to girls etc. Any way, what intrests me about spammers is the psycology (sp?). While i cleary have not studied this subject (i can't even spell it correctly) I have come to some conclusions. While some of these may appear obvious, they are interesting nonetheless.
1. A spammer seeks fame, or infamy. In many ways, spammers are attention seekers. They like the thrill of being famous, or infamous. They can attain noteriety on forums, where their anonimity allows them to behave in a way that will get them noticed. There actions have no consequence, for them at least, so they are able to flame members, use racist or offensive language etc.
2. A spammer becomes a hacker. Spammers enjoy causing trouble on computers, networks, servers etc. The ultimate aim therefore is to get the technical know-how to become a hacker. As a hacker they can cause far more trouble than they EVER could as a spammer.
3. A spammer is a lonley person. I remeber a couple of days back, someone claimed davestar had no friends or somesuch, and davestar immediately took a very defensive tone, he was eager to show people that he only spams the forums to 'kill time', and that he was going to meet some friends at the mall. He may well have been going to see friends, but it is clear that his friends are not very good ones, or they dislike him, or they constanly make fun of his geek like behaviour.
4. Spammers and girls don't mix. Spammers have great difficulty talking to the ladies (I am referring to spammers as guys because they are far far more common than female spammers).I mean for one thing, its not the most endearing of qualities that a girl would want in a guy. GIRL-'So what do you get up to in your spare time?' SPAMMER X'Well, i like to go to a forum and post pointless, offensive, rude subjects, or failing that attempt to provoke the users and moderators'. Hm. My spammer aqquaintance finds it hard to even muster a grunt when talking to a girl that is considered even remotely popular.
5. Spammers, in reality, dislike group situations. Let me give an example. Me and my friends will be in the pub chatting away, and this spammer aquaintance will be there, and he will not get involved in the ENTIRE conversation. He will laugh when something funny is said, but otherwise he will remain quiet. This is because spammers are afraid of saying the wrong thing, something that he will be ridiculed for. That is why the net is so appealing to him, the spammer can say whatever he likes, it doesn't matter because he thrives off the flames that he gets.
All of the above leads to my final point.
6. Spammers are VERY insecure about themselves. Spammers are loney, loney people. The friends they do have ridicule them for their chosen 'hobby', they find it hard to talk to new people, and they cant talk to girls. Its an old cliche, but we shouldn't hate these pour souls...... We should pity them.
Whether or not this gets blocked, i would like to hear peoples thoughts on my thoughts. If this is blocked, PM me if you have any pointers, anything to add or any comments.
Thank you for your time.