Groove Space Spam is almost an oxymoron.

Almost.

There are three principles of Groove that I feel make the oxymoron case.

Groove has, as key to its design, spaces that people are *invited* in to. Depending on the level of authorisation required this may be specific person to person invites, or just a "open invitation" file. In other words, there is some degree of control as to whom may enter and hence whom may post messages.

Next, each user has a strong key that provides their identity. It is possible to change identities and to create "false" accounts, but in general I use Groove for a specific purpose with my specific account so it is "inconvenient" for me to use multiple accounts.

Finally, unlike anonymous email or blog spam, Groove has the ability to *uninvite* nasty people from spaces. This is a big stick that can't be applied to other forms of spam.

However, the "almost" part of the oxymoron statement is that Groove does not allow me to block an user from instant messaging me. Once they have my account in their contact list a spammer can really go to town spamming me. I am sure though, that Groove Networks would jump in at some point and disable this type of user.

Anyway, I hope this is considered spam in any way.