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Linkedin was particularly annoying with the "you are missing out a lot ... a lot has happened since ..." type of emails. It would also give me couple of non-exi

by leeman2016 8y ago

Linkedin was particularly annoying with the "you are missing out a lot ... a lot has happened since ..." type of emails. It would also give me couple of non-existent new notifications ... abusing the red indicator badges

n-gatedotcom 8y ago
Not were. Are. You've just unsubscribed.
Vinnl 8y ago
> non-existent new notifications ... abusing the red indicator badges I think the most egregious instance of this I have seen is the allegation that Facebook displayed fake notification badges during the GDPR flow, which pressures users into quickly accepting the terms so that they can see the notifications: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/facebook-gdpr-notification-lawsuit/ https://www.dailydot.com/debug/facebook-gdpr-notification-la...
- mattbreeden 8y ago
  > Facebook, for its part, told the Daily Dot that the red notification icons are generic visuals meant to reassure users that the terms they’re agreeing to do, in fact, come from the social platform. The icons were supposedly added so people wouldn’t suspect they were agreeing to a phishing notification. Yikes.