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You're lucky this person cares. If there's not an easy unsubscribe I just report it as spam, and hope enough other people do the same that the firm becomes untr

by lithos 5y ago

You're lucky this person cares. If there's not an easy unsubscribe I just report it as spam, and hope enough other people do the same that the firm becomes untrusted. Pitting a corp against Google's customer support is a nice revenge.

n3storm 5y ago
Not everybody is using Google/Gmail/Microsoft :( I would like to point out that this attitude (do not take it personal please) helps Google became the world wide communication arbitrer. Do we want that?
- technobabbler 5y ago
  Well, they're better at it than anyone else so far. Especially compared to the captured US regulators that don't do anything at all. Can spam indeed.
  - account42 5y ago
    It's pretty easy to stop crime if you kill everyone except your close friends.
- matkoniecz 5y ago
  I do the same with my Tutanota account.
- deleted 5y ago
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Xarodon 5y ago
This is exactly how I feel too. If reporting the email as spam is quicker than unsubscribing, that's what I do.
- jgrahamc 5y ago
  Me too.
  - runnerup 5y ago
    Same here. I do try to unsubscribe. I'm fine with up to 1.5 'pain points' during unsubscribing. That usually means I hit the limit after exactly 1 thing below as long as it's not taken to a point of ridiculousness: - Logging in - Clicking between multiple confusing tickboxes of which emails I want to unsubscribe from. Hint: If someone is actually going to the trouble to hit "unsubscribe", the answer is simply all of the bullshit non-critical emails. - "You've been unsubscribed from Saturday morning emails sent by this particular product manager" ... implying I have to go find where to unsubscribe from all the rest of the damn emails. But after that, or if any of these things are too onerous, I hit "spam" with a vengeance on. every. single. email. I get from that company ever again. That said, I actually never got any Cloudflare spam at all, which is impressive.
- fmajid 5y ago
  It takes way too many clicks to report spam in GMail. Considering this is such a frequent operation, it should have a one-button "ban" function, possibly with an "Oops" undo if you pressed it by mistake. I have received quite a bit of Cloudflare spam on my (GMail) work address and immediately added it to my ban list. I also have a long memory and am highly unlikely to use services from companies that rely on spam for marketing. For my personal email I run my own mail server, create a unique address for each vendor and ban the address if it is abused.
  - ilikepi 5y ago
    > It takes way too many clicks to report spam in GMail. Considering this is such a frequent operation, it should have a one-button "ban" function, possibly with an "Oops" undo if you pressed it by mistake. If keyboard shortcuts are enabled, '!' is mapped to "Report as spam". I don't recall whether the status popover that appears at the bottom of the UI has an "Undo" link, though...
xnormal 5y ago
I believe “this person” is Cloudflare’s CTO
- 0des 5y ago
  Nobody is exempt from nerd beatdown time on HN.
- 0xffff2 5y ago
  "this person" is OP.
- breakingcups 5y ago
  No, "this person" refers to the OP complaining here loudly enough instead of just marking as spam.

by lithos 5y ago

n3storm 5y ago

Not everybody is using Google/Gmail/Microsoft :( I would like to point out that this attitude (do not take it personal please) helps Google became the world wide communication arbitrer. Do we want that?

technobabbler 5y ago
Well, they're better at it than anyone else so far. Especially compared to the captured US regulators that don't do anything at all. Can spam indeed.
- account42 5y ago
  It's pretty easy to stop crime if you kill everyone except your close friends.
matkoniecz 5y ago
I do the same with my Tutanota account.
deleted 5y ago
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Xarodon 5y ago

This is exactly how I feel too. If reporting the email as spam is quicker than unsubscribing, that's what I do.

jgrahamc 5y ago
Me too.
- runnerup 5y ago
  Same here. I do try to unsubscribe. I'm fine with up to 1.5 'pain points' during unsubscribing. That usually means I hit the limit after exactly 1 thing below as long as it's not taken to a point of ridiculousness: - Logging in - Clicking between multiple confusing tickboxes of which emails I want to unsubscribe from. Hint: If someone is actually going to the trouble to hit "unsubscribe", the answer is simply all of the bullshit non-critical emails. - "You've been unsubscribed from Saturday morning emails sent by this particular product manager" ... implying I have to go find where to unsubscribe from all the rest of the damn emails. But after that, or if any of these things are too onerous, I hit "spam" with a vengeance on. every. single. email. I get from that company ever again. That said, I actually never got any Cloudflare spam at all, which is impressive.
fmajid 5y ago
It takes way too many clicks to report spam in GMail. Considering this is such a frequent operation, it should have a one-button "ban" function, possibly with an "Oops" undo if you pressed it by mistake. I have received quite a bit of Cloudflare spam on my (GMail) work address and immediately added it to my ban list. I also have a long memory and am highly unlikely to use services from companies that rely on spam for marketing. For my personal email I run my own mail server, create a unique address for each vendor and ban the address if it is abused.
- ilikepi 5y ago
  > It takes way too many clicks to report spam in GMail. Considering this is such a frequent operation, it should have a one-button "ban" function, possibly with an "Oops" undo if you pressed it by mistake. If keyboard shortcuts are enabled, '!' is mapped to "Report as spam". I don't recall whether the status popover that appears at the bottom of the UI has an "Undo" link, though...

xnormal 5y ago

I believe “this person” is Cloudflare’s CTO

0des 5y ago
Nobody is exempt from nerd beatdown time on HN.
0xffff2 5y ago
"this person" is OP.
breakingcups 5y ago
No, "this person" refers to the OP complaining here loudly enough instead of just marking as spam.