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December 31, 2003
SPIM is on Everyone's Lips
Posted by Stowe Boyd
I spoke with Jennifer Saranow of the Wall Street Journal a few days ago, about SPIM -- instant messaging spam. Her piece -- "Angry Over Spam? Get Set for Spim" -- was in the WSJ this morning:
"Ferris Research estimates about 500 million instant-messenger spams were sent in 2003, double the number sent in 2002. That is a blip compared with the estimated two billion e-mail spams sent each day, but instant-messenger spam's fast growth has some spam watchers concerned. And messaging companies are ramping up to fight the new annoyance."
I also got an email newsletter from CBS Marketwatch this morning, Frank Barnako's Internet Daily, that uses the term as well.
I thought it would be fun to dig up what I think is the earliest use of the term. Here's something from July 1 2002 from Instant Messaging Planet:
" Don't SPIM -- don't use IM as spam. Setting up a 'bot-based or alert-based service that pushes information is fine. But it is evil to pounce on the unsuspecting and put the hard sell on them. (Stowe Boyd)"
Definitely something we will be seeing more of.
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1. Peter Saint-Andre on January 5, 2004 01:47 PM writes...
Here is a citation from Cory Doctorow on June 28, 2001:
http://boingboing.net/2001_06_01_archive.html#4286848
That's the earliest usage I've seen.
Peter
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