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myLot reputation of 90/100. Zezloler (406)   ranked 120 out of 13,142 in internet 4 years ago

I'm sure that most of us have received a bizarre chain letter at one point with threats of bad luck unless it's forwarded to at least ten or twenty people. =P

My question is pretty straightforward: Do you forward these letters?

I, personally, don't. xD I know that some people consider them good fun, but I take them as more of a nuisance than anything else. =P Some are interesting (I like the ones that contain weird facts), and in that case, I'll show them to a few friends, but in general I find chain mails very annoying and tend to ignore them or delete them. If someone sends me chain mail often, I'll usually ask them to stop. =P

You? =O

 

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1. myLot reputation of 99/100. applefreak (2290)   ranked 908 out of 13,142 in internet   4 years ago

previously, when chain letters are sent via post, i've never receive any. now with everyone having an email account, i receive plenty.

if there is nothing interesting in it i'll just hit delete. i don't believe in the threat and so far nothing bad has happened to me. if there are interest facts or pictures in it, i'll forward the email. before forwarding, i'll delete the sentence that makes it a chain letter. if it's in a powerpoint file, i'll actually amend the file before i send it out. cheers winkwink


myLot reputation of 90/100. Zezloler (406)   ranked 120 out of 13,142 in internet  4 years ago

Yeah, you're right. I used to never receive any either. =P Everyone I know has an e-mail now, and most people like circulating chain mail, although I guess I'll never understand why. xD

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2. myLot reputation of 83/100. egdcltd (1114)   ranked 1,285 out of 13,142 in internet   4 years ago

The web based ones are frequently used to distribute viruses or suck your computer into a bot net, so I'll delete them straight away.


myLot reputation of 98/100. gtdonna (1235)   ranked 311 out of 13,142 in internet  4 years ago

This is so true, sometimes I do open them and read them since it is a friend passing them on, but I just delete...I get tired after a while seeing so many forwarded emails in my mailbox.

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3. myLot reputation of 49/100. Wordplay (219)   ranked 9,814 out of 13,142 in internet   4 years ago

Every so often, friends will forward to me chain e-mails with funny or inspirational messages. I actually enjoy receiving these. They usually don't threaten something bad if I don't forward them, but rather tell me that my luck will increase depending on the number of people to whom I forward the message.

However, I rarely forward them on, simply because the sender has already sent the same e-mail to everybody I know. I can never think of anyone new to send it to! So I usually just delete it after a while.

I don't get back luck for deleting the message, but no good luck either if I don't forward. I guess you could say I have no luck at all.


myLot reputation of 90/100. Zezloler (406)   ranked 120 out of 13,142 in internet  4 years ago

Haha xD

Yeah, I like chain letters that have interesting quotes or messages in them as well. ^_^ I like quotes a lot especially, and I usually save those ones if I think they're good. =D


brainerboss (20)  4 years ago

I enjoy reading inspiring chain emails. I save the good one in my folders in my mail box. I don't think anything about good luck or bad luck. I just think that the emails have something for me to reflect on. Besides, I think my email account would be boring if it doesn't have few laughs and blessing. I rarely forward the chain mails to anybody because I don't think they would care to read them.


myLot reputation of 98/100. gtdonna (1235)   ranked 311 out of 13,142 in internet  4 years ago

Or if they don't send those that saying you will get bad luck, they send the ones that says "what will Jesus do" and how you forward other emails but would probably delete the ones that have a spiritual message. To me they are all the same, and gets deleted and also like you the person has send them to everyone I woudl otherwise send them to, so staight to the trash they go.

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4. myLot reputation of 65/100. chocsie (201)   ranked 9,829 out of 13,142 in internet   4 years ago

Well in general I hate the messages that say "Once you have opened this there's no turning back." and some even go farther and say "if you don't send this within 1 day, you won't live to see tomorrow"
Those really annoy me. Right now, most people know I hate chain mails but some people just go ahead and send them anyway. A few of my closest friends only send me the interesting and nice ones and if I see a message in my inbox from them, I usually go ahead and read it. So basically, I have a list of people I trust. I don't hesitate to read messages from them.
And then I have a list of people I never read messages from. I've learnt from previous experiences that the only mails they send are the 'evil' chain mails.


myLot reputation of 90/100. Zezloler (406)   ranked 120 out of 13,142 in internet  4 years ago

I hate people that know that you don't like chain mails, but go ahead and send them anyway. -.-' They just send it to everyone on their list, even if you ask them not to send it to you.

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5. myLot reputation of 94/100. Zezlol (303)   ranked 1,181 out of 13,142 in internet   4 years ago

I never forward chain mail. I find them extremely annoying. doh I enjoy the ones that have some inspirational message or political joke, the rest, however, I don't even think about twice before deleting. The most I ever come close to 'forwarding' is by telling you about it over MSN. lolblush That hasn't happened in a long time though because I never get chain mail on my new email address (gah, let's not jinx it!).


myLot reputation of 90/100. Zezloler (406)   ranked 120 out of 13,142 in internet  4 years ago

xD

*Thinks about making a chain message to send to your new e-mail*

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6. myLot reputation of 53/100. briggah (123)   ranked 4,552 out of 13,142 in internet   4 years ago

I usually never foward the chain letters. Maybe thats why I have bad luck. Some do claim that if you don't pass this on you will have bad luck for X amount of time.. DOH! I shoulda fowarded them mails!

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7. myLot reputation of 72/100. antioxidant (399)   ranked 5,488 out of 13,142 in internet   4 years ago

I don't read chain mails unless they have pictures included. Most of the time i delete them without opening so i guess the bad luck doesn't count right :p Recently though i've received creative chain mails, without the bad luck or good luck crap. They don't bother me enough for me tell someone specifically to stop sending.

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8. myLot reputation of 91/100. TessWhite (2022)   ranked 2,999 out of 13,142 in internet   4 years ago

I don't open it, read it or forward it. I've told everyone I know not to send me that crap but they don't listen. So every day I go thru my email clicking delete delete delete....


myLot reputation of 90/100. Zezloler (406)   ranked 120 out of 13,142 in internet  4 years ago

Yeah, same. -.-' I hate when that happens. I don't want to label the sender as a junk mail sender because it's usually a friend and they might send me something that's actually worth reading at one point. It sucks when they aren't considerate like that though, especially if you've asked them a few times. >_<

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9. myLot reputation of 97/100. LuvBr0wn13s (658)   ranked 7,543 out of 13,142 in internet   4 years ago

I used to forward them, but the majority of the ones that I receive now are just variations of ones that I have gotten before. The wonderful part about getting them in an email is that you can just delete them and go on with life. I CANT STAND GETTING CHAIN TEXTS!!!!! I have a couple of friends that insist on forwarding every stupid text message that comes their way to me. Getting and deleting a chain email doesn't cost me anything. I have actually had to go through the process of blocking a few people because they wouldn't listen when I told them they were killing my cell phone bill with their constant texting.


myLot reputation of 90/100. Zezloler (406)   ranked 120 out of 13,142 in internet  4 years ago

Chain text? I only got those a few times. Wow, if you get them a lot they must get annoying... >_< I would probably get a new number in that case, but the annoying part is that it's your friends that are sending them.

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10. afparks (40)   ranked 9,826 out of 13,142 in internet   4 years ago

As far as i can remember i never forwarded any chain mail to my friends. Reason is most of the chain mail i receive is not even important so i don't waste time forwarding it to my friends.

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