Spam

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"Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Glorious Spam, Wonderful Spam!"- Vikings, Monty Python's Flying Circus

Spam is the abuse of electronic messaging systems (including most broadcast media, digital delivery systems) to send unsolicited bulk messages indiscriminately. While the most widely recognized form of spam is e-mail spam, the term is applied to similar abuses in other media: instant messaging spam, Usenet newsgroup spam, Web search engine spam, spam in blogs,wiki spam, online classified ads spam, mobile phone messaging spam, Internet forum spam, junk fax transmissions, social networking spam, and file sharing network spam.

Spamming remains economically viable because advertisers have no operating costs beyond the management of their mailing lists, and it is difficult to hold senders accountable for their mass mailings. Because the barrier to entry is so low, spammers are numerous, and the volume of unsolicited mail has become very high. The costs, such as lost productivity and fraud, are borne by the public and by Internet service providers, which have been forced to add extra capacity to cope with the deluge. Spamming is widely reviled, and has been the subject of legislation in many jurisdictions.[1]

People who create electronic spam are called spammers.

Many of these spammers exist on Internet forums, like CFC. In DYOS, they are responsible for much of the story, good or bad.

Monty Python Sketch

The term "Spam" is named after the sketch in Monty Python's Flying Circus quoted at the top of the page.

The song of the sketch was chosen as the unofficial theme of DRAW Your Own Story 1 back in 2003. In 2010, Taillesskangaru referenced the sketch once again in a comic.