Joseph RoqueFeb 27
Windy city
Before you buy that nice hoodie online, ask yourself, "Am I willing to delete one extra email every day for the rest of my life?"
Feb 23 at 1:46pmWeb
Show threadRupert ReynoldsFeb 23

@pheonix When I got a domain, I started giving a new mailbox for each new membership.

Oddly, the omly one that never got spammed is facebook-sold-me@(my domain) and you could have knocked me down with a feather, when I checked :-)

(I was on FB before it went toxic)

Show threadGerardFeb 27

@RupertReynolds @pheonix This too. Years ago I would tell smaller orgs if I started getting stuff on an address only they had, but it was dissappointingly ineffective.
I never got a "that's concerning, we'll look into it" response, always "it can't have come from us, it must be you." In most cases I think they were honest and it was a bad actor on staff or an outside intruder - most likely poor data handling and a single hacked device.

These days, it's:
1. Small-to-medium-sized orgs ignoring your "don't spam me" flag. I can't forgive this - there's no excuse for internal mailing services "accidentally" forgetting to filter mailing lists, nor for marketing folk to have direct access to PII.
2. Mostly larger orgs that have been hacked with data released or sold publically. That's a persistent risk so I'll sometimes accept this, depending how they handle it.

Unfortunately, the personal address I give to friends and family is longstanding and gets spread to a lot of personal devices, and I don't like to filter it, so I end up getting a load of spam on that one.

Show threadTubemeisterFeb 28

@GerardThornley @RupertReynolds @pheonix For me it was never about telling a company something they either don’t want to hear or aren’t equipped to understand. It’s about killing that address after the transaction is done.

Especially nowadays where you don’t even have to wait for them to get hacked but they spam you to death with review requests and other needy bullshit.

Show threadMichael CritzFeb 27
@RupertReynolds @pheonix I see your Facebook identified address and raise you ActBlue-sold-you-this-email(at)my-email-domain•com
Show threadDylanFeb 23
@pheonix I have rules set up for abusers of my email. basically:
If:sent-by-email-abuser
Then: Move to trash
do not pass go, do not collect a tracking pixel
Show threadguslakerFeb 23
@pheonix hehehe, true. Some email providers let you create aliases, hiding your real address. Once you are done with the shopping, delete the alias...
Show threadJust a Mr BillFeb 27
@pheonix @mathowie This is why God created Hotmail
Show threadKattniFeb 27
@pheonix For this hoodie? Yes. It even has thumbholes.
Show threadJeff AtwoodFeb 27
@pheonix welllll you can say "am I willing to click one unsubscribe link", it DOES work
Show threadGerardFeb 27
@codinghorror @pheonix until a few months later when they decide to add you back on one of their mailing lists.
Show threadSeclusion5500 [they/them]Mar 2
@pheonix have you heard about plus addressing? if not it's worth a read, IMO. makes it easy to block spam from website, and also to track who gave your contact info out.