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This isn't really "selling" email addresses. It seems much more like it's a lead gen strategy that multiple companies are participating. Providing an incentive

This isn't really "selling" email addresses. It seems much more like it's a lead gen strategy that multiple companies are participating. Providing an incentive to sign up isn't quite the same as sending all those subscribers to the giveaway that didn't opt-in to it?

ghostly_s 9y ago
As a consumer, the relevant word in that sentence is not "sell". The point is my email is being given to someone else, to do whatever they feel with it. Why would I care what in what form the original business is compensated?
- joelrunyon 9y ago
  Well in that case, by signing up for the giveaway, you're consenting to "giving" your email address to ALL of those companies that are sponsoring it. So in that case, you should have a nice little talk with yourself about whether the trip you want to win is worth 5 new services having your email address. Either way, the person making that call is YOU, not SCF (or any of the other companies participating).
  - izacus 9y ago
    Can you show me exact notification on the website where he consented to sharing the email address? And you REALLY believe that using a search on a site suddenly is enough for your private data to be just given to any shady exploitative company on the planet? You really want to live in a world where you're badgered constantly and without pause by ads, scammers and phishers just because you want to use the internet?
    - joelrunyon 9y ago
      Yes, Here's a version that's hosted on ProductHunt - https://giveaway.producthunt.com/landing?promo_id=83848bb5-fc49-4e48-9c63-369c389044f7&campaign_id=1111 https://giveaway.producthunt.com/landing?promo_id=83848bb5-f... Specifically, you might be interested in this text right before the big "enter" button: > By entering this campaign I agree and consent to recieve emails, communications and promotions from Product Hunt Inc., theSkimm (a daily email newsletter to stay in the know), Scott's Cheap Flights, Journy, The Wirecutter and Conde Nast Traveler. You can hate the promotion, but you're certainly not required to join it. And, it's certainly not the same thing as Scott selling addresses of people already on his mailing list. As for this: > And you REALLY believe that using a search on a site suddenly is enough for your private data to be just given to any shady exploitative company on the planet? Using your words, can you show me the exact phrasing where that is happening anywhere in this example?

ghostly_s 9y ago

As a consumer, the relevant word in that sentence is not "sell". The point is my email is being given to someone else, to do whatever they feel with it. Why would I care what in what form the original business is compensated?

joelrunyon 9y ago
Well in that case, by signing up for the giveaway, you're consenting to "giving" your email address to ALL of those companies that are sponsoring it. So in that case, you should have a nice little talk with yourself about whether the trip you want to win is worth 5 new services having your email address. Either way, the person making that call is YOU, not SCF (or any of the other companies participating).
- izacus 9y ago
  Can you show me exact notification on the website where he consented to sharing the email address? And you REALLY believe that using a search on a site suddenly is enough for your private data to be just given to any shady exploitative company on the planet? You really want to live in a world where you're badgered constantly and without pause by ads, scammers and phishers just because you want to use the internet?
  - joelrunyon 9y ago
    Yes, Here's a version that's hosted on ProductHunt - https://giveaway.producthunt.com/landing?promo_id=83848bb5-fc49-4e48-9c63-369c389044f7&campaign_id=1111 https://giveaway.producthunt.com/landing?promo_id=83848bb5-f... Specifically, you might be interested in this text right before the big "enter" button: > By entering this campaign I agree and consent to recieve emails, communications and promotions from Product Hunt Inc., theSkimm (a daily email newsletter to stay in the know), Scott's Cheap Flights, Journy, The Wirecutter and Conde Nast Traveler. You can hate the promotion, but you're certainly not required to join it. And, it's certainly not the same thing as Scott selling addresses of people already on his mailing list. As for this: > And you REALLY believe that using a search on a site suddenly is enough for your private data to be just given to any shady exploitative company on the planet? Using your words, can you show me the exact phrasing where that is happening anywhere in this example?