Internet users annoyed by explosion of spam spam spam spam
Quick View. Jan. 5, 2004.
| 80% |
are bothered by deceptive or dishonest content of spam. |
| 76% |
are bothered by offensive or obscene content of spam. |
| 75% |
are bothered that they can't stop the flow of spam. |
| 70% |
say spam has made being online unpleasant or annoying. |
| 55% |
say they get so much unwanted e-mail that it is sometimes hard to get to the ones they want to read. |
| 52% |
say spam has made them less trusting of e-mail in general. |
| 30% |
are concerned that their filtering software may be blocking incoming e-mails that they want. |
| 25% |
say spam has reduced their overall use of e-mail, and 60% of that group say spam has reduced their e-mail use in a big way. |
| 23% |
are concerned that filtering software may be blocking their outgoing e-mails. |
The soaring volume and unpleasant content of junk e-mail is a growing problem, according to a national telephone survey of 1,380 e-mail users.
Source: "Spam: How it is Hurting E-mail and Degrading Life on the Internet," Pew Internet & American Life Project (Survey has a margin of error of plus or minus three points)
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