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officeplant · 2026-10-28T18:45:57.000Z

> But it gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.

It's kinda funny that you can put that after all of the big jumps in technology:

Email: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.

Cellphones: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.

Texting: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.

Social Media: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.

Online Gaming: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.

Smart phones: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.

And now AI: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud.

Razengan · 2026-10-28T19:44:28.000Z

Clay Tablets: It gave rise to spam and many types of fraud: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ea-nāṣir

drdaeman · 2026-10-28T19:58:16.000Z

I don’t think the quality of that copper had anything to do with the tablets. Tablets only hold a record that an issue happened, and are otherwise uninvolved. It would be different if Ea-Nasir advertised his copper with clay tablets, but that’s not the story we know.

Razengan · 2026-10-28T20:19:53.000Z

Maybe Nanni was the real scammer all along, blackmailing an honest merchant with slander