Submitted by Dan Crites on Sat, 05/27/2006 - 12:36pm.
Agreed! If this isn't permission based then it's bad spam. The particular service I have charges me for each text message I receive so I'd have to pay to receive the spam, a double bad thing. It would turn me against the company.
Now, if I opted in because I was really interested, some incentive behind it, then it's powerful for the business and the consumer.
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Agreed! If this isn't permission based then it's bad spam. The particular service I have charges me for each text message I receive so I'd have to pay to receive the spam, a double bad thing. It would turn me against the company.
Now, if I opted in because I was really interested, some incentive behind it, then it's powerful for the business and the consumer.