A week or so ago, I was contacted by email by someone working at a company who had developed a game. The game where used as part of the promotion of a security event. They wanted me to put a link from my blog to the game in order to promote the event.
The request was polite, and I decided to take a look. I did try the game, but saw no immediate connection to my blog, and decided against promoting it. And I had the courtesy to inform the someone (above).
I promptly got an answer, with some explanations; and quite a few ways I could implement the game anyway. Now, I am a professional sales guy myself, so I do appreciate a certain level of persistence. And being in the polite mood, I told the someone I would spend a few days to reconsider, and that I just might change my initial point of view.
And I did reconsider.
I thought that ok, I could make a quick post on the game, even sharing with you all how I did not have the patience (or skills???) to complete the game myself.
Unfortunately for you and the game developer, this individual (Jenny is her name), did not have the patience to wait. Or perhaps she thought I would not reconsider.
I do not not know, nor do I care.
So what did she do to piss me off like this? Instead of waiting, and accepting my supreme control of my blog, she decided to post a link in a comment. To me, that is SPAM!
And her actions pisses me off enough to do the following:
1. remove the comment/spam - done!
2. send an email to her explaining the fault - done!
3. write and post this post - done!
And yes, I do have a very narrow definition of spam - unsolicited mail/comments. And I am the supreme decision maker when it comes to what I find unsolicited.
So you are selling something, and want me to cover it? Leave it to me to decide whether or not it will show up on my blog, duh!
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The author is Mr. Kai Roer. He has dealt with communication and the Internet since 1994. Taking part in projects all over Europe, Mr. Roer is a reknowned resource on information security, communication and security in general. As a management consultant, author and speaker, Mr. Roer has helped many a client. 
