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ryandrakelast Sunday at 2:57 PM3 repliesview on HN

I basically give companies 0 strikes anymore, and assume the "unsubscribe" link is at best, a dark pattern that only unsubscribes me from that 1 out of their 100 "channels," and at worst, confirms my E-mail address. "Report Spam" immediately.


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Groxxyesterday at 4:51 AM

If I didn't intentionally request non-transactional mail, it is spam. By definition.

Mark it as such.

sevenseacatyesterday at 4:11 AM

I assume the unsubscribe link is malicious - if I didn't ask to be subscribed, why would I trust an unsubscribe link? Spam baby spam.

RHSeegerlast Sunday at 6:21 PM

I unsubscribe twice (allowing for one possible bug), then spam.

And, as others have noted, unsubscribe cannot involving going and logging into their system. If I need to do that, it generally goes directly to spam.

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