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[–] [email protected] 106 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Click here to unsubscribe from Slorp marketing emails. First log in. Forgot password? Click here to reset. Hmm, doesn't appear to be a user account with that email address. Create an account? Check your email for the activation link. Confirm your contact information. Consent to tracking cookies? Manage notifications. Unsubscribe from all? We're sad to see you go!

[–] ChapulinColorado 50 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You could just do the “report spam” if the unsubscribe link doesn’t immediately work.

[–] AllOutOfBubbleGum 27 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, the CAN-SPAM act, as far as I understand it, doesn't allow them to force you to make an account just to unsubscribe.

[–] A_Random_Idiot 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thats assuming they obey it, and that its US based and under US law jurisdiction.

and as I learned with the national do not call registry, it is utterly meaningless and does nothing to prevent the issue at the best of times.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Also, those "unsubscribe" links can be used to confirm that your email is valid, leading to even more junk, or even phishing attempts. Have to log in to unsubscribe? Better make sure the site is legit first.

[–] A_Random_Idiot 1 points 5 months ago

yep, i said that elsewhere. The only way to really deal with spam is a robust filter.

and even you still have to deal with it, cause eventually something legitimate will slip into the spam folder and then you're having to dive through the mess to find it.

[–] dantheclamman 5 points 5 months ago

It's surprising how often they don't comply. I think for while adobe was asking me for a login to unsubscribe, which I couldn't remember or be bothered to reset the password for. They seem to have changed it recently. Maybe a lawyer realized they were exposed to class action

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I always report spam without unsubscribing. It fks up their score with google.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That, and there's a high likelyhood the only thing the unsubscribe button would do is giving the spammers the valuable information that this email address is actually in use.

[–] A_Random_Idiot 3 points 5 months ago

like answering a spam call. all it does is register a good number and amplify the spam.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Same here. Is there any way to disable the prompt entirely and always just report?

[–] BigDiction 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Every platform with enough technical resources should support one click unsubscribe.

I never understood the concept of making it difficult to unsubscribe. Marketers have a hard enough time getting users to open email at all. Let users help you clean up your subscriber list with an easy opt out to reduce your send cost and improve deliverability.

[–] sudo42 1 points 5 months ago

I just assume these are the same marketing types that will spend billions in ads offering anyone under the sun 1/2-off everything for a year. Customers that have been paying faithfully every month for years? Fuck off!

[–] brygphilomena 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

/> reset password

"hmm, there doesn't appear to be a user account with that email address"

/> Makes new account

"User account with that email exists. Reset password?"

[–] qevlarr 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Try password

Incorrect credentials

Reset password

Fill in the password you want

Password can't be the same as previous password

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[–] son_named_bort 7 points 5 months ago

Fill in the new password

Password must contain at least one special character

Fill in the new password

Password cannot contain @

Fill in the new password

Password must contain at least one number

Fill in the new password

You have attempted too many attempts at resetting your password and are now locked out of your account. To unlock your account please call 1-800-FUCK-YOU between 8:32 and 9:46 AM Eastern time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Slorp? That's a weird way to spell Twitch.