> But it gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.
replyIt's kinda funny that you can put that after all of the big jumps in technology:
Email: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.
Cellphones: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.
Texting: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.
Social Media: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.
Online Gaming: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.
Smart phones: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.
And now AI: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.
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replyClay Tablets: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ea-nāṣir
replyI don’t think the quality of that copper had anything to do with the tablets. Tablets only hold a record that an issue happened, and are otherwise uninvolved. It would be different if Ea-Nasir advertised his copper with clay tablets, but that’s not the story we know.
replyMaybe Nanni was the real scammer all along, blackmailing an honest merchant with slander
replyI get plenty of spam in the snail mail. And from what I gather, fraud through mail occurred all the time.
replyETA: some of these companies are chopping down a whole god damn forest to send me furniture catalogs. Please stop!