Dealing with Spammers: Am I Wrong or Right? A Battle of Ideals

Hey, it's Evan, and for the past few days I've been getting into a fight with this spammer, and I wanted to get your feedback on it to let me know if I'm on the right path, if I'm in the right here, or if you disagree with me. Okay, I'm gonna go through the, the history of the emails, and I want your feedback. Let me know what you think, leave a comment, tell me your thoughts. Okay, so this guy Dinsdale writes to me on LinkedIn, so I don't know who he is. And he wrote in and he said, "Evan, have you thought about making an extra income from professional blogging?" So obviously he doesn't know that I actually make a great income from blogging already. "The technology has certainly come of age. Blogbeast.com with his," I'm assuming, ID here. So let's click on this. You load this up and it's some huge spam thing, right? Your typical sales letter. So dude is spamming me, right? He's put no effort into it. He doesn't know anything about me obviously and he's just trying to get me to sign up. Usually I ignore these things, right? Usually I've been ignoring spammers. I'm sure all you guys do too, but this time I decided, you know what, I'm gonna write back to him. I'm gonna see if I can help change this guy's business. So here's my response to him. Come on, Dins, is spamming people on LinkedIn really working for you? I know it's hard getting people to sign up for something new and you really want this thing to work for you, but you're focused on the wrong marketing. If you want to have success, you want people talking about you. Right now all they'll say is Dins is a spammer. The key is to stand for something. What do you believe in that will move people? What is your strong opinion that you need to share with the world? Believe in it passionately and share expertise. Create content that people actually want to share and they'll do it. And you'll get people coming to your website and signing up. You'll feel better about yourself and get way better results. Wishing you the best of luck, Dins. I hate seeing entrepreneurs struggle, especially when they have noble goals and want to make a difference. Believe. Evan, this is my response. So I don't know how much time you guys spend with spammers, but I felt like, you know what, I'm going to try to make a difference with this guy. So then we got into an email battle. I'm going to share it with you, and again, I want your feedback. So this is what he writes back: Evan, I've only just realized what a condescending oik you are. Whatever oik is. Better late than never. I've got access to $25 million and more. Fool. So let's scroll down, see what I wrote back to him here. Dinsdale, our friend Dinsdale. So I just wrote back, "Best of luck, de." I figured, you know what, this guy's not getting it. I'm not gonna waste my time. Best of luck, do your thing, whatever. He decides to write back to me again. "Why do some people who think they have position and money think they have the right to insult others they assume are not up to their social standing?" Rhetorical. "It is pompous. Eventually they'll be torn down a strip or two." My response: "De, you're totally missing the point. I want you to be successful. I responded to you challenging you to be better, not to spam people, to stand for something, to make your business important and mean something. All I called you was a spammer, which you are, at least for now, and I hope that'll change, while you decided to call me condescending, a fool, and pompous. I came from making $300 a month and not surviving, and I made it through. Success is entirely possible for you, but you have to want it." and it's not gonna come by spamming people. And if you're gonna keep spamming people, then I have no interest in helping you. Response: Evan, there. That is where you are missing the point. You don't see, see, you don't see, see just how assumptive you're being, assumptive you're being, which consequently means you don't see how condescending you sound. Quite insulting. Many people have sent me emails about various subjects, some I have absolutely no interest in whatsoever, but because I respect the contact, I try to help, not write back. Accusing him of spamming. I don't know why he's defending that he's not spamming, but anyway, especially when we have had prior conversations. Maybe you could do some coaching on how to deal with people effectively but with respect. My response: Alright, D, I tried. Wish you the best of luck in all your ventures. Cheers, Evan. Believe. No response back. Let me know what you think. I'm curious to get your feedback. How would you handle it? Am I the fool? Is Dinsdale the fool? I want to hear your thoughts. Leave it below. Let's see what happens. Thank you guys, I'll see you soon.