Today, I have seen two instances of wave spam, in a single day. One was in a public thread that I am subscribed to, in which somebody simply added a blip saying: “I wrote an article about google wave… Go see it at http://*****”… I consider it spam, since he did not even say anything about how his article would be relevant to the discussion in any way… I did not even bother reading it.
The second one was much more direct… Another user created a wave promoting a security business, and invited a bunch of people to it (including yours truly). What makes the second one strange is that the product is available only in a specific area, which means that the vast majority of people he invited are nowhere near the target market.
I pretty much expect spam to bloom on the wave, but it it still saddening to actually see it.
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I’ve been afraid too that it’s just a matter of time before we see more Wave spam. Hopefully, some sort of moderation controls will be put in place soon to help with this. I could see it getting out of control real quick.