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This doesn't surprise me in the least, Appsumo is a pretty scummy operation, regardless of how much PR effort they put into cultivating the HN audience.

• techiferous 15y ago
  What have they done that is scummy?
  • diolpah 15y ago
    Try signing up for their spamletter. Then try reading halfway through their incredibly annoying spam when you get it. It reads like the transcription of a carnival barker. I don't know if their practices are actually scummy. But their communication definitely has the same feel as most scummy MLM materials.
    • alanfalcon 15y ago
      They're trying to mimic the supposed charm of the Groupon deals, but don't seem to have the skill to do so in a way that's widely appealing. YMMV as to whether Groupon has or ever had said skill themselves.
  • desigooner 15y ago
    Not too long ago they advertised a deal that used Tim Ferriss' name to the material/product being advertised but then sent out an email next day or so that apologized for "mistakenly" associating Tim Ferriss with the deal when in fact he wasn't.
  • nhebb 15y ago
    Earlier this year I unsubscribed from their newsletter. The unsubscribe page had a feedback survey stating that a reason was required. That really put me off. You can't require someone to give you feedback in order to unsubscribe from a newsletter (it may a violation of canspam, as well). I tweeted about it. They tweeted back an apology, saying it would be changed, but by that time the damage was done re my image of the company.