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Let’s stop shaking people down for their email addresses
- marssaxman 7y agoEndless pop-up demands have become so irritating that I refuse to interact with them at all anymore. I won't even click on them to make them go away; I just go straight into Reader View. If that doesn't work, I assume the article probably wasn't worth reading and just close the tab.
- Nicksil 7y agoAnother article -- similar in nature -- from this source, posted here on HN as well: "Marking the end of pixel trackers in Basecamp emails" - https://m.signalvnoise.com/marking-the-end-of-pixel-trackers-in-basecamp-emails/ https://m.signalvnoise.com/marking-the-end-of-pixel-trackers... - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20834729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20834729
- criddell 7y ago> If you have something to say, say it. If you have something to share, share it. Don’t invent things to say or to share just such that you can package up that pink slime as a golden nugget of truth to trade for someone’s contact information. Well said!