Viliam_Bur comments on What should normal people do? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 26 October 2013 09:19:13AM 2 points [-]

Then there would a next level in arms race. Just like spammers used to add "this is not a spam" disclaimers, people who create hoax mails would add something like: "When you send this e-mail to your friends, ask them later whether they received it, because <INSERT CONSPIRACY> is removing criticism against them from internet."

Or the hoaxes would be sent as attached images.

Comment author: shminux 26 October 2013 07:14:40PM 0 points [-]

Then there would a next level in arms race.

There is hardly any with spam anymore. Gmail detects virtually 100% of it these days. Maybe a few spam messages a year make it through to my Inbox.