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Permalink Reply by milesperhour on August 10, 2010 at 5:04pm

i said it more in jest, but there is truth to it. those promoters will get your email and use it any which way they can! that's their business.

tessa said:

lol they haven't been spamming me i've been doing this for a week darling.

milesperhour said:

they just want your email address so than can spam you, all under the guise of letting you vote. ; )

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Permalink Reply by tessa on August 10, 2010 at 5:11pm

oh, now i get what you're saying. definitely! from a reporter's perspective. after i have emailed band managers asking for a specific artist interview request, it sometimes works out. but 95% of the time they PUT ME on their press release mailing list and send me info on all of the artists they represent. i mean, come on! they know our radio station has a music director and that i am not it. same thing with non profits. don't get me wrong but sheesh! whatever happened to the professional follow up email or call instead? like, "hey how are you at ___insert media outlet here." i take the time to follow up and chat with exec directors and promoters and pr people, personalized correspondence...and it's like i am a dumping ground for their press releases. maybe i ought to include some kind of filter on gmail. i get so many emails now, i have to spend a couple of hours weeding through my accounts. i've opened important emails days, months, weeks later because of the spam they send me.

i just want to promote a good friend of mine. i will never end up like that.

ya, time for that bike ride for real. i have been on this computer all day.

milesperhour said:

i said it more in jest, but there is truth to it. those promoters will get your email and use it any which way they can! that's their business.

tessa said:

lol they haven't been spamming me i've been doing this for a week darling.

milesperhour said:

they just want your email address so than can spam you, all under the guise of letting you vote. ; )

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Permalink Reply by tessa on August 10, 2010 at 5:13pm

thank goodness for google voice. anyone starts sending me text alerts all i gots to do is block them.

H3N3 said:

There's an option when you vote to enter your cell phone number in order to win tickets and merchandise . . . very tempting but having my phone alerting me to utter crap while I'm working will make me homicidal . . . a little extra e-mail spam, however-- few extra pokes of the "delete" key, no big deal. And I'll bet pretty much everyone has a "junk" gmail account they use for this sort of thing.

milesperhour said:

i said it more in jest, but there is truth to it. those promoters will get your email and use it any which way they can! that's their business.

tessa said:

lol they haven't been spamming me i've been doing this for a week darling.

milesperhour said:

they just want your email address so than can spam you, all under the guise of letting you vote. ; )

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Permalink Reply by tessa on August 10, 2010 at 5:16pm

but really folks, no email spam from me. at least not yet. i can block easily though.

tessa said:

thank goodness for google voice. anyone starts sending me text alerts all i gots to do is block them.

H3N3 said:

There's an option when you vote to enter your cell phone number in order to win tickets and merchandise . . . very tempting but having my phone alerting me to utter crap while I'm working will make me homicidal . . . a little extra e-mail spam, however-- few extra pokes of the "delete" key, no big deal. And I'll bet pretty much everyone has a "junk" gmail account they use for this sort of thing.

milesperhour said:

i said it more in jest, but there is truth to it. those promoters will get your email and use it any which way they can! that's their business.

tessa said:

lol they haven't been spamming me i've been doing this for a week darling.

milesperhour said:

they just want your email address so than can spam you, all under the guise of letting you vote. ; )

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Permalink Reply by milesperhour on August 10, 2010 at 5:26pm

Well look who it is! Megan here (Tay's friend). Hi! It's nice to know someone around these parts.

; )

Little Phil said:

M.E.H.

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