(noun) Automated system emails of importance that are better than SPAM. Bacn is not SPAM.
Bacn consists of the following: MySpace friend requests, PayPal payment receipts, electronic bills, email list digests, twitter follow messages, etc.
Origin: PodCamp Pittsburgh 2, Pittsburgh, PA, August 18-19, 2007.
Bacn consists of the following: MySpace friend requests, PayPal payment receipts, electronic bills, email list digests, twitter follow messages, etc.
Origin: PodCamp Pittsburgh 2, Pittsburgh, PA, August 18-19, 2007.
I set up bacn filters to separate email from real people. My bacn email folder is checked once a day for important information about me.
by Jason Cable August 22, 2007
It's not spam, but it's not from a person, and it's in your inbox. Bacn is an automated notification that you know you might get (Facebook addition, alert from an automated process or sensor), and it's clutter in your inbox. Depending on the type of bacn it is, it might even be "important" clutter. Solution: filter it into your Bacn folder.
The temp sensor was set off when the door was accidently propped open. I got bacn from the alarm system AND the temp monitor.
by PodCamp August 22, 2007
by Kelcie &Jessica February 15, 2006
Any email you receive that isn’t spam, but isn’t exactly a personal message either. Includes Google and Myspace alerts, newsletters etc.
by Bernie Bernbaum August 23, 2007
Low-priority email that is somewhere between the spam & personal email that enters your inbox every day. Examples include account alerts, newsletters, payment receipts and twitter requests. Bacn differentiates itself from spam in that it's email that you probably want to receive, but just don't have the time to deal with right now, and it has become an increasing problem in the age of web 2.0 & online social networking.
The term was coined by folks at the PodCamp Pittsburgh 2 Conference on or around August 19th, 2007.
More info at bacn2.com
The term was coined by folks at the PodCamp Pittsburgh 2 Conference on or around August 19th, 2007.
More info at bacn2.com
Joe: Dude, I missed my brother's bar mitzvah because I spent the day reading through all the bacn in my inbox.
Danny: You're such a tool.
Joe: Can't... stop. Too weak... to... manage alerts. Must... label... auto-archive... cut the fat.
Danny: You're such a tool.
Joe: Can't... stop. Too weak... to... manage alerts. Must... label... auto-archive... cut the fat.
by akshay_s August 23, 2007
You know all those notifications, newsletters, project notifications, updates etc. that you sign up for and really, really want to keep up to date on but don’t seem to have the time for right now? (and now, and now, and now). - Andy Quayle
by Badasstronaut August 20, 2007
Bacn is email you receive that isn’t spam and isn’t personal mail. It’s the middle class of email. It’s notifications of a new post to your Facebook wall or a new follower on Twitter. It’s the Google alert for your name and the newsletter from your favorite company.
by Caidoz August 22, 2007