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> they did provide notice I can confirm they contact me as well. On 12/11/12, they sent me an email titled "Growing with Disqus". However, 1) Gmail auto-label
by llimllib 14y ago
> they did provide notice
I can confirm they contact me as well. On 12/11/12, they sent me an email titled "Growing with Disqus". However,
1) Gmail auto-labeled it as "Promotions", so I didn't read it. Not disqus' fault, just saying.
2) The text is shady; never does it mention specifically that ads will be placed on your site, but dances around the issue before finally saying "if you'd rather not try this feature, you can always turn it off". I likely would not have understood that they were putting ads on my site even if I had given the email a quick read. The subject line sure doesn't help.
I don't mean that I'm outraged or surprised. Just confirming that I received the same email and examining it a bit.
- brown9-2 14y agoThe message being labeled with "Promotions" is as the result of a filter you created, right?
- mkr-hn 14y agoIt's the new smart labels feature. It's automatic.
- Zak 14y agoI'm pretty sure smart labels is opt-in, so it's more fair to say that it's the result of a filtering feature the user turned on but does not explicitly control and cannot accurately predict.
- mkr-hn 14y agoIt's usually very reliable, so it's easy to forget that it can mislabel an important message as a generic promotion.
- emiliobumachar 14y agoThe subject line seems a little too much like a generic promotion...
- jmhnilbog 14y agoSmart labels is an option in 'Labs', disabled by default.
- mkr-hn 14y agoYou don't create a specific "Promotions" label though. My answer to brown9-2's question is still correct.
- jacquesm 14y agoEven if a spam filter would eat it: not receiving negative feedback is not the same as consent. So you can't just fire off an email and consider your duty done. If you want to use an email that way there should be some kind of confirmation link in there.