- Bacn (electronic)
Bacn (pronounced bacon) is the term given to electronic messages which have been subscribed to and are therefore not unsolicited but are often unread by the recipient for a long period of time, if at all. Bacn has been described as "
email you want but not right now." [ [http://podcamppittsburgh.com/ PodCamp Pittsburgh - Home ] ] [cite news |title=All We Are Saying |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/weekinreview/23buzzwords.html?ref=weekinreview |quote=Bacn: Impersonal e-mail messages that are nearly as annoying as spam but that you have chosen to receive: alerts, newsletters, automated reminders and the like. Popularized at the PodCamp conference in Pittsburgh in August. |work=New York Times |date= |accessdate=2007-12-24 ]Bacn differs from spam in that the emails are not unsolicited: the recipient has somehow signed up to receive it. Bacn is also not necessarily sent in bulk. Bacn derives its name from the idea that it is "better than spam, but not as good as a personal email". [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14032271&ft=1&f=1006 NPR: Move Over, Spam: 'Bacn' Is the E-Mail Dish du Jour ] ]
The term Bacn was originally coined in August 2007 at PodCamp Pittsburgh 2, and since then has become popular amongst the
blogging community.Common examples of Bacn messages include news alerts, messages from
social networking sites andwiki watch lists.The word has also attracted attention in the professional
email marketing community. Commentators have welcomed the distinction from spam and used the term to focus businesses on the need to improve the quality and value (to the recipient) of these kinds of transactional messages. [ [http://www.email-marketing-reports.com/iland/2007/08/bacn-is-good-for-email-marketing.html Bacn is good for email marketing ] ]The term Bacn was the main story in
Buzz Out Loud episode 545. [ [http://reviews.cnet.com/4532-10921_7-0.html?date=20070823 Alpha Blog - alpha.cnet.com ] ]ee also
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Spam (electronic) References
External links
* http://bacn2.com/
* New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/25/business/25online.html?ref=business
* New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/weekinreview/23buzzwords.html
* NPR - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14032271&ft=1&f=1006
* Boing Boing - http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/22/bacn_spreads_around_.html
* Washington Post - http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2007/08/buzzword_in_progress_bacn_1.html
* The Telegraph (UK) - http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/iandouglas/aug07/bacn-role.htm
* Toronto Star - http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/249848
* Chicago Tribune - http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/technology_internetcritic/2007/08/the-makin-of-ba.html
* Wired - http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/08/not-spam-but-ba.html
* The Star - http://www.thestar.com/article/249848
* C|NET - http://news.com.com/8301-13577_3-9763146-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
* German Site about bacn - http://www.bacn.de
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