Comments on: Sri Lanka: Financial Times elaborates on spam issue raised by LIRNEasia

By: rangouk

rangouk — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:23:20 +0000

This cannot be considered spam per se. SPAM is when you get unsolicited messages without opting in to something, over and over, or someone is clearly trying to scam you in such a manner. Those would be spam OF CONCERN.

Shouting about one new year’s message, shouting which has obvious political motives, is useless.

Why don’t you speak about the lack of SPAM laws in Sri Lanka? That will be more useful and worthy of discussion.

There’s an increasing amount of unsolicited marketing done by some big companies, which in some cases happen to be a breach of their privacy policy. Those emails are more of a nuisance than a new years message from a President.

By: Sajiva

Sajiva — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:39:28 +0000

Now feel “important” Prof! That’s what you wanted all these time!! “mama porak”

By: Rohan Samarajiva

Rohan Samarajiva — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:11:17 +0000

Readers may find the letter from CMEV of interest: http://cmev.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/serious-concerns-with-regard-to-the-unsolicited-new-year%E2%80%99s-day-text-message-sent-on-behalf-of-the-president-and-other-consequential-issues-relating-to-the-conduct-of-a-free-and-fair-presidenti/

By: Nadeera

Nadeera — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:57:17 +0000

Prof. Samarajiva,

There is a facility provided by Service providers to exclude yourself from SMSs. Please contact your service provider and exempt yourself from receiving these SMSs, without wasting our time, media space…etc. Because anybody can send an SMS to any valid number, whether the receiver likes or not. I don’t have to give my number to you to receive an SMS from you…Simple as that. Use your valuable time for something important.

Thanks

By: Sanjana Hattotuwa

Sanjana Hattotuwa — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:06:54 +0000

Actually the FT does have an online presence – http://www.ft.lk. It is a textbook example of how NOT to design and deploy a media website. Thanks for putting these up.