Note the critical difference of "contact" versus "advertisement."
It's not just advertisements that are SPAM, it's newsletters, wrong email addresses, marketing. (For example, I've been subscribed to all kinds of weird stuff merely by attending political meetings. I once was sent a LinkedIn invitation to a party clown business because I attended my senator's information session on a bill he was promoting. Another time, I got a "guess" email from a high school kid trying to contact a school faculty member who had the same name as me. I've also had government demand letters for people with the same name as me, and COVID test results for people with the same name as me.)
Some people don't mind this kind of stuff. (Edit: If it's not 100% clear, I really, really mind this kind of stuff.)
> Am I an outlier for not wanting any?
I doubt it. Spend some time listening to other people, though. Some people are more tolerant of it than we are.
Personally, I think the way to reign it in is to ban all unsolicited contacts to email / phone and require that they go through a 3rd party mediator. (Kind of what happens with LinkedIn or Facebook Messenger) This way, if the 3rd party mediator sends you junk, you can cut them out.
> unsolicited advertisements
Note the critical difference of "contact" versus "advertisement."
It's not just advertisements that are SPAM, it's newsletters, wrong email addresses, marketing. (For example, I've been subscribed to all kinds of weird stuff merely by attending political meetings. I once was sent a LinkedIn invitation to a party clown business because I attended my senator's information session on a bill he was promoting. Another time, I got a "guess" email from a high school kid trying to contact a school faculty member who had the same name as me. I've also had government demand letters for people with the same name as me, and COVID test results for people with the same name as me.)
Some people don't mind this kind of stuff. (Edit: If it's not 100% clear, I really, really mind this kind of stuff.)
> Am I an outlier for not wanting any?
I doubt it. Spend some time listening to other people, though. Some people are more tolerant of it than we are.
Personally, I think the way to reign it in is to ban all unsolicited contacts to email / phone and require that they go through a 3rd party mediator. (Kind of what happens with LinkedIn or Facebook Messenger) This way, if the 3rd party mediator sends you junk, you can cut them out.