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"Report spam" is quicker and easier than "unsubscribe". Gmail added a popup asking the user if they want to unsubscribe when flagging a newsletter with the app

"Report spam" is quicker and easier than "unsubscribe". Gmail added a popup asking the user if they want to unsubscribe when flagging a newsletter with the appropriate unsubscribe headers, so it must be common enough to warrant Gmail developer attention.

Ensorceled 8mo ago
> Gmail added a popup asking the user if they want to unsubscribe when flagging a newsletter with the appropriate unsubscribe headers Unfortunately close to 100% of the spam I'm flagging causes this popup now :-/ I'm getting a dozen spam a day now on my Gmail account ... I think they're losing the battle.
SoftTalker 8mo ago
Does gmail still insert ads in the free tier? That would be a reason to keep people reading as many emails as possible.
sumtechguy 8mo ago
Pretty sure hotmail/outlook also has the same sort of popup for spam reports. I think accidental would be kind of hard with that popup.
vintermann 8mo ago
Thing is, unsubscribe links are often an "inform spammers that this mail address is in use" link. Even the ones Gmail offers up. If I didn't click their button to subscribe, I'm not clicking their button to unsubscribe. Who's to say they won't just "sign me up" again after a while? In fact I know several large US corporations which routinely sign you up for notifications again after a few months.
- jeroenhd 8mo ago
  If you didn't click the button, then of course, you don't send the unsubscribe message. If you did subscribe to a newsletter and no longer want to receive it (which is the majority of these cases), then the unsubscribe action is the logical thing to do.
  - Ensorceled 8mo ago
    > If you did subscribe to a newsletter and no longer want to receive it (which is the majority of these cases), then the unsubscribe action is the logical thing to do. Not the second time :-)

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"Report spam" is quicker and easier than "unsubscribe". Gmail added a popup asking the user if they want to unsubscribe when flagging a newsletter with the app

by jeroenhd 8mo ago

Ensorceled 8mo ago
> Gmail added a popup asking the user if they want to unsubscribe when flagging a newsletter with the appropriate unsubscribe headers Unfortunately close to 100% of the spam I'm flagging causes this popup now :-/ I'm getting a dozen spam a day now on my Gmail account ... I think they're losing the battle.
SoftTalker 8mo ago
Does gmail still insert ads in the free tier? That would be a reason to keep people reading as many emails as possible.
sumtechguy 8mo ago
Pretty sure hotmail/outlook also has the same sort of popup for spam reports. I think accidental would be kind of hard with that popup.
vintermann 8mo ago
Thing is, unsubscribe links are often an "inform spammers that this mail address is in use" link. Even the ones Gmail offers up. If I didn't click their button to subscribe, I'm not clicking their button to unsubscribe. Who's to say they won't just "sign me up" again after a while? In fact I know several large US corporations which routinely sign you up for notifications again after a few months.
- jeroenhd 8mo ago
  If you didn't click the button, then of course, you don't send the unsubscribe message. If you did subscribe to a newsletter and no longer want to receive it (which is the majority of these cases), then the unsubscribe action is the logical thing to do.
  - Ensorceled 8mo ago
    > If you did subscribe to a newsletter and no longer want to receive it (which is the majority of these cases), then the unsubscribe action is the logical thing to do. Not the second time :-)