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[Thomas Bookmore]

[funkysfinest]

The best way to try to avoid spam filters; is to have an opt out option clearly labelled at the bottom of the email. You'll need to set up a new email address for this, i.e optout@...... then we should bypass some of the filters. Plus another thing that would help is to send it to everyone of us and if it lands in our junk mail box we declare it safe; the more people who declare it safe the more filters we bypass. Hope thats some help!
PS bad grammer hence the edit!

[ixalon]

[mac_monkey]

We've been discussing a referral based system over in #satoshi

Basically we want people to input their email address and rough location (e.g england) we then give them a referral id to give out to people. The people they show put in their details and als get a referal id and soon and sofourth.

If we're clever with this we could track referrals to see the proccess branching out. So we'd see that a few people have sent it to a few people at the start, and after a few links we should see a whole chain of branches etc.

Location would also help us on the marketing front, and help us see if any of our emails are hitting china/japan.

This shouldn't be too hard to implement.

[mac_monkey]

Connection Problems caused a double post.

Could a mod please remove?

[ixalon]

[BBuck]

Just started a rough translation of the e-mail, and wonder if we need to change the text a bit.

[ixalon]

[Mico]

I can't deny I think we're on the right lines here - sending this image out to everyone we know, and try to get them to pass it on, with a contact address to respond to. I think the website is great, and need to get this advertised. But to be honest, if I received an email like this I would delete it without clicking on the link. I've worked with computers / networks for too long, and my advice to all my users is to delete these kind of messages no matter who they are from, because there are too many bad people / programs in the world. However, apart from issuing UnFictioners a script to bang out to all of their contacts, rather than sending out from an unknown email address, I can't think of another way at present.

There's no way that we actually email the picture around, because it would be too large a message, so a link to the website would be the best bet. Alternatively (or as well), other options such as a national press campaign, or a 'missing person' picture on milk cartons could spread the word? I know this would only be national not international exposure, but I think people would be more comfortable clicking on a link to a British national newspaper website, for example.

A friend of a friend (only 2 levels of separation!) worked for a big paper, so I'll see if she still has any contacts..... I'll let you know if I get anywhere.

Mico

http://www.billion2one.org

[el shiatzo131]

Mico, I think that that's probably true and a good point, but, at this point it seems, this getting around is only by people sending it to other people that they know. It's not like we're gonna get a list of every email adress in the world like those Nigerian spammers and send it all at once.

Plus, I don't think that email should be the only way of sending this around. There should other stuff like forums or Myspace or whatever.

[Guin]

i emailed Fiona at MC to ask if we could get an original pic so we can have a high quality image rather than a scan.

I can add a link to the 13th site and i am sure MJ will add it to the community bar too. I have a mailing list of 300 13th labour guys and will add details to the next newsletter (which will be sent out after SF) and can also pimp it on the 13th labour LJ

anything else I can think of I will let you know.

Will be signing off for a few days now and heading off to SF

see you in game....

[ixalon]

Mico, I agree - email should only be one of many methods we use (but it's a good start, as even if a small percentage of emails get through, the numbers will be much larger than other forms of communication.) Plus it's cheap too!

I've found another relevant 1 Billion figure; the estimated population of the Internet as of late 2005.
http://globaltechforum.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=rich_story&doc_id=8592&title=One+billion+people+online&categoryid=15&channelid=5

For those interested in stats on the emailing:
http://www.billion2one.org/?o=stats

[Qvist]

So, like posted before, it couldn´t be that guy?

Satoshi Tomioka from Delaware / Uni Tübingen

http://www.ling.udel.edu/ling/index.php?option=com_mambatstaff&Itemid=36&func=fullview&staffid=17&mode=list

He wrote a book named "A sloppy identity puzzle" and landscape on following page is similar.

http://www.ling.udel.edu/tomioka/Ling101/2004fall/index.html

[ixalon]

[The_Cube]

Bebo