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0 pointsTagbert3y ago0 comments

I’ve known people who use the spam button for any email they do’t want right now. They say “it’s easier” than hitting the “unsbuscribe” link or they say “if I hit unsubscribe they’ll just send me more email”. It’s hard to maintain a rational filtering system under those circumstances.

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i80and3y ago

I've seen faked brand emails hit my Gmail inbox with (presumably malicious) unsubscribe links, and I've definitely seen sites "forget" that I've unsubscribed.

It's a bit of a tragedy of the commons, but I think the state of email is such that simply reporting unwanted email as spam is a rational choice

JohnFen3y ago

> “if I hit unsubscribe they’ll just send me more email”

This is likely true if the email is from a spammer.

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