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Not satisfied with asking me to subscribe to their newsletter before I've even read one article, this site _also_ popped up a request that I allow them to send
by skywhopper 10y ago
Not satisfied with asking me to subscribe to their newsletter before I've even read one article, this site _also_ popped up a request that I allow them to send me desktop notifications. Do people actually fill these things out? Why does ScienceBulletin think I might even want these things?
- witty_username 10y agoThis seems a new fad; I've seen this on other news websites.
- reduxive 10y agoBecause obnoxious people will spam the form with emails that are not their own, as malicious behavior against acquaintences they detest. These ubiquitous subscribe forms provide a vector for inflating the size of mailing lists. Mailing lists with more addresses sell for real money, and sell well. It doesn't matter if the data is accurate. Only the perception of the data matters. The more addresses the better, the more datapoints per address, the higher the quality of data. The age and activity against the data matters. There are reputable companies that trade on these details and pay the salaries of expensive developers.