One definition of spam as it is used in a broad sense is
What Imabiguous does is take nearly random bits of online copiable texts related to Buddhism and makes precisely the same kinds of appeals to incredulity in relation to them, hoping to pull in someone to demonstrate some concept (like Karma) that Iambiguous has little interest in. The high volume is how much all of this posts end up in the 2 or 3 grooves of all of this posting. The added irony in relation to Buddhism is that Buddhism is an extremely experiential tradition, where one of the fundamental ideas as practiced all around the world is that experiential practice comes first. Iamb’s whole process is spammy because there is no real interest in Buddhism. There is no sense that he understands that he plucks quotes from different strains of Buddhism and that the quotes are more of less ‘in the middle of Buddhism’. IOW there is no building up from basic ideas and practices, it’s just grabbing some random topic which is not meant to serve as a start to understanding Buddhist concepts or practices.
I think the term trolling is better than spamming. But his posts certainly have high volume low value and are extremely repetitive.
He may not be consciously disingenous, but disingenuous it is. He wants to learn about something about Buddhism, is how he presents his ‘interest’, but he is utterly uninterested in what the experts of that something would suggest he do to create a foundation for understanding Buddhism. And what those with more experience have suggested in the thread.
It’s a farce carried out not to understand Buddhism but to create a dynamic where someone takes the bait and tries to explain nirvana, say, to someone who has no interest and no foundation.
Iamb is a spammer.
Or that’s a contraption I came up with because it’s so irritating he spams.
You have to love his cake and eat it too: insult the person, say what he obviously believes. Then add a disclaimer.
In a heterosexual relationship the equivalent would be something like…
Iamb’s girlfriend complains that he doesn’t really listen to her.
He says shes a fucking bitch.
Then he adds: I have thought about the fact that my thinking you are a fucking bitch is a contraption that I get in relation to women who call me on stuff.
Then he goes back to not listening to her.
That’s the kind of mindfuck cake and eat it too in writing like this…