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This looks great. I like how it is setup and I find the value it offers to be swell. I will however complain that I shouldn't have to recaptcha myself if I too

by myu701 7y ago

This looks great. I like how it is setup and I find the value it offers to be swell. I will however complain that I shouldn't have to recaptcha myself if I took the time to enter my email address, find the email, and click confirm for it. What benefit is there to recaptcha-ing that? My complaint is in hopes that they will remove that recaptcha for other users who happen to like their privacy and don't let their browser sell everything to mailchimp. Edit: I will correct myself in that it looks like they may not have a choice according to https://mailchimp.com/help/about-recaptcha-for-signup-forms/ https://mailchimp.com/help/about-recaptcha-for-signup-forms/

odie88 7y ago
Hey myu701. Thanks for the link. I unticked the setting mentioned a bit lower on that page[0] to disable reCaptcha. It's not clear to me if that changes it for their landing page. Testing an email alias of mine in incognito mode _looks_ like it's gone for me. Thanks again for bringing this up. [0] https://mailchimp.com/help/about-recaptcha-for-signup-forms/#Enable_reCAPTCHA https://mailchimp.com/help/about-recaptcha-for-signup-forms/...
- myu701 7y ago
  Hey there. Thanks for trying it. I will try a personal email rather than my work email and see if I get the same result on the same machine. Edit: It no longer recaptchas me, thanks!
ProZsolt 7y ago
This is exactly what a robot would say. Clicking on the confirmation is only proves that you own that email. I could easily automate all of the steps that you said except captcha.
- myu701 7y ago
  Ok...lets say I am a robot for hypothetical reasons. So now a robot is on a mailing list. Why is that a bad thing? You may only want human eyeballs I suppose if you were somehow making a profit off knowing your audience was all humans a la broadcast radio advertising rates based on estimated audience size, but OP is using amazon affiliate links, not ads, so that argument is out of scope?

by myu701 7y ago

odie88 7y ago

Hey myu701. Thanks for the link. I unticked the setting mentioned a bit lower on that page[0] to disable reCaptcha. It's not clear to me if that changes it for their landing page. Testing an email alias of mine in incognito mode _looks_ like it's gone for me. Thanks again for bringing this up. [0] https://mailchimp.com/help/about-recaptcha-for-signup-forms/#Enable_reCAPTCHA https://mailchimp.com/help/about-recaptcha-for-signup-forms/...

myu701 7y ago
Hey there. Thanks for trying it. I will try a personal email rather than my work email and see if I get the same result on the same machine. Edit: It no longer recaptchas me, thanks!

ProZsolt 7y ago

This is exactly what a robot would say. Clicking on the confirmation is only proves that you own that email. I could easily automate all of the steps that you said except captcha.

myu701 7y ago
Ok...lets say I am a robot for hypothetical reasons. So now a robot is on a mailing list. Why is that a bad thing? You may only want human eyeballs I suppose if you were somehow making a profit off knowing your audience was all humans a la broadcast radio advertising rates based on estimated audience size, but OP is using amazon affiliate links, not ads, so that argument is out of scope?