The "spray and pray" technique

[M_Six]

And "spray and pray" to me is a photography term describing a technique of shooting at a high frame rate in an attempt to capture the perfect pose or look or moment in time. I use it quite often when shooting bird-in-flight images or sports. Same basic principle, though. You end up with 100 images out of which you might process and keep 2.

[UncleWede]

See that avatar to the left? Yeah, one of the first spam emails I ever got, some guy wanting to make an image for me, back in Nineteen Hundred and eighty-something.

That Nigerian Prince though, I had to report him to security because I had a Secret clearance at the time. Foreign actor/dignitary contact.

[DETRoadster]

Originally Posted by CTinline-six

My favorites are the spam posts about essay writing help. How many members on a BMW forum need help writing essays?

Forget full essays, there's more than a few members around here who need basic grammar and spelling lessons.

[zx10guy]

I thought you all were meaning this ese.....

[Tommy-G]

Originally Posted by upstatedoc

So this thread is about nailing bitches right?

You nailed it

[ASAP]

spray and pray is not a term i'd want to consider for my partners lmfao

[Bunnny]

Originally Posted by dinonz

It's a term I've heard used to describe putting a simple message out there widely, and seeing what sticks.

I had a friend at university who would go to a club, then start wandering around asking the women "wanna fuck?". Most would turn away or tip a drink over him, but invariably one would say yes and they'd leave together.

I believe a certain portion of the population use that technique on dating sites too - just send a message to 100 women, and all you need is one to say yes and you've achieved your goal.

But the point of this wasn't sex or dating sites - it was the "viagra" posts that show up here occasionally. Could be total scam sites of course, or could be legit sites trying to drum up business - but I wonder how successful it is? If you get your message in front of 10,000 viewers and only 0.1% click, that's 10 sales you didn't have before.

But is it 0.1%? How many click the link I wonder. I expect that *some* must do it, or they wouldn't keep making the effort to create the posts. If you try something and it never works, then at some point you'd give up.

So which one of you clicked it?

This reminds me of a cab driver I met at a music festival, who said driving cab was one of the best jobs he did. I asked why and he said it was because at the end of the night, and all efforts have failed, that cab driver starts to look pretty appealing on the way home.
Dude was sub par for looks, but if it was dark and add some desperation, I could see it.

[upstatedoc]

Originally Posted by Tommy-G

You nailed it

High five

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by ASAP

spray and pray is not a term i'd want to consider for my partners lmfao

Just pray it doesn't get in her eye. Apparently, that's a bad time.

[iminhell1]

Originally Posted by dinonz

It's a term I've heard used to describe putting a simple message out there widely, and seeing what sticks.

I had a friend at university who would go to a club, then start wandering around asking the women "wanna fuck?". Most would turn away or tip a drink over him, but invariably one would say yes and they'd leave together.

I believe a certain portion of the population use that technique on dating sites too - just send a message to 100 women, and all you need is one to say yes and you've achieved your goal.

But the point of this wasn't sex or dating sites - it was the "viagra" posts that show up here occasionally. Could be total scam sites of course, or could be legit sites trying to drum up business - but I wonder how successful it is? If you get your message in front of 10,000 viewers and only 0.1% click, that's 10 sales you didn't have before.

But is it 0.1%? How many click the link I wonder. I expect that *some* must do it, or they wouldn't keep making the effort to create the posts. If you try something and it never works, then at some point you'd give up.

So which one of you clicked it?

It's not always about that initial click, before the user/link/thread is deleted. There is the after effect also. Just as you're pondering now. Will you search and click later on? What percentage of people will do that?
Advertising isn't always about the initial impact and fast return.

[dinonz]

Originally Posted by iminhell1

It's not always about that initial click, before the user/link/thread is deleted. There is the after effect also. Just as you're pondering now. Will you search and click later on? What percentage of people will do that?
Advertising isn't always about the initial impact and fast return.

Maybe - but if I spammed a link "cheap cars!" what are the chances that you will search later and find my actual site, rather than someone else's?

I think when advertising "viagra" you're really hoping people click your link to your site, not the millions of sites that would come up in a search.

[Tommy-G]

Originally Posted by Bunnny;

This reminds me of a cab driver I met at a music festival, who said driving cab was one of the best jobs he did. I asked why and he said it was because at the end of the night, and all efforts have failed, that cab driver starts to look pretty appealing on the way home.
Dude was sub par for looks, but if it was dark and add some desperation, I could see it.

Hmmmm interesting, I’m guessing this holds true for Uber/Lyft too

[Joe T]

Originally Posted by rmanm4

Cougar clubs have even a better response rate! Back in the days it was like shooting fish in a barrel!

when we were in our 20's we called them "fossil farms"

[DenverSteve]

Originally Posted by dinonz

I don't know - I've seen some bitch-fights over spelling and grammar before. Perhaps we do need help

I guess you do. .1 x 10,000 = 1000 - not 100

[dinonz]

Originally Posted by DenverSteve

I guess you do. .1 x 10,000 = 1000 - not 100

Where did I say that?

I said "10,000 viewers and only 0.1% click, that's 10 sales"

That's not 10,000 x .1 - you should realise that 0.1% is in reality 0.001, and 10,000 times 0.001 is 10 as I stated, not 100 nor 1000 as you incorrectly quoted and stated.

[upstatedoc]

Originally Posted by dinonz

Where did I say that?

I said "10,000 viewers and only 0.1% click, that's 10 sales"

That's not 10,000 x .1 - you should realise that 0.1% is in reality 0.001, and 10,000 times 0.001 is 10 as I stated, not 100 nor 1000 as you incorrectly quoted and stated.

Originally Posted by DenverSteve

I guess you do. .1 x 10,000 = 1000 - not 100

Math majors.

[dinonz]

Originally Posted by upstatedoc

Math majors.

Electrical And Electronic Engineering. That I never finished because I got bored with magnetics and electric fields - I was heavily into logic and digital stuff. Hence I became a programmer

[wtwo3]

I once did a physics problem... think it's still up in the LOL thread.