I refuse to participate in this, not because my (throwaway) email account will fill up with spam, but because of the principle of being used as an agent to help distribute spam. I'm also not a big fan of people using this Off Topic forum for these kinds of things, but I guess it's an open forum and we can post anything we want. I'd personally be in favor of a BBS policy forbidding pyramid-style marketing like this. I know the promise of a free flat panel is very alluring, but only a small minority (far less than one out of 9) will get theirs.

I know it's bad to look a gift horse in the mouth, but can someone explain to me how spam is profitable enough to give away these expensive items? I realize the pyramid structure means they will never actually pay out enough monitors as there are people who sign up, but it still seems like a huge chunk of money will go into this. I thought the idea behind spam is that it costs nothing... Somewhere there's a bean counter who's decided this strategy will pay for itself, but I'm not convinced.