1995-07-18 - Re: Free The World Web Server project.. :)

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: merriman@arn.net (David K. Merriman)
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UTC Datetime: 1995-07-18 22:11:35 UTC
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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 95 15:11:35 PDT
To: merriman@arn.net (David K. Merriman)
Subject: Re: Free The World Web Server project.. :)
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>  Expecially if the form letter generated would be randomly selected
>from parallel word streams.  For example:
[...]
>  You get the idea.

Rather than spend five minutes writing something on your own you'd end
up something that looks totally fake.  I believe that what is going on
would be discerned by a staffer in moments. Crap like this is called
"astroturf" by staffers, to distinguish it from "grass roots" efforts.

Perry





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