Whar-Tons Of People Are Bailing On This Spammy Listserv
December 5, 2009 at 8:30 pm
For whatever reason, listservs get people angry like few other things. First the Slavic department went nuts and now Wharton is getting in on the anger. Says our tipster:
The entire Wharton 2009 and 2010 listservs have been added to the "WAB [Wharton Dean's Undergraduate Advisory Board]Â applicants" listserv and spammed. We're up to over 100 "please remove me" emails done reply all style in about 15 minutes. Because clearly after the first couple it wasn't clear that it was a glitch.Seems that glitch resulted in a nonsense spam message being sent to the whole listserv with "a horizontal pyramid of flames" mentioned in the subject line. That's where this story kind of falls apart for us, though, because who would ever want to leave a listserv over such a wild, spooky topic?
Immediately, "remove me" emails made up the bulk of the email thread, but eventually a backlash developed - people wanted to stay on the listserv. Then people began using the thread as a way to reconnect with old friends. A number of people used it to make jokes and a few of them were even funny. What started as a strange, pyramid fueled anger release ended as something that was almost beautiful. Well done, some people in Wharton.
Were you hit with this? Are you outraged? Do you have a great story from your hour of constant emails? Let us know in the comments!
Check after the jump for a look at just how wild and wacky this was.