Can someone please explain spamming to me?

Okay, I get why there is email spam. They’re banking on some poor sap thinking that it’s real. As messed up as they are, I understand the motivation for phishing and pyramid schemes.

What I don’t get is why they spend so much time spamming threads, forums, etc. There’s no real pretense there. They’re just really annoying. Are they hoping that annoyance will eventually subside into some mild form of curiosity?

Or are they banking on the fact that people won’t care how their product is erm…marketed to them?

Have you ever bought, used (or even just checked out) something because you were spammed?