Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Scout26 on April 15, 2018, 11:33:17 PM
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While reading this article:
https://hbr.org/2018/04/why-email-is-so-stressful-even-though-its-not-actually-that-time-consuming
(Yes, I found it stressful . There was nothing like looking at the Yahoo mail tab and seeing (20+) to make we worry about what things I was suddenly going to have to add to my to-do list for day. Grant usually +75% percent were subscriptions with the occasional piece of spam thrown in. But every no and again was some *expletive deleted*it-storm from either the BSA or work or another group and I would have to step in to help resolve.
Anywho. I signed up. So discovered I was on 62 subscription lists !?!?!? Some I do remember signing up for simply because I was looking at something or saw their newsletter (The one and only issue that had anything remotely interesting and worthwhile to read). Dumped a lot of those.... Now I get one e-mail "round up" of all my remaining subscriptions that I can go through and click to get the full e-mail from there.
So today, instead of 20+ emails, I had 2. The round-up and a question from a Scout parent.
Much less stress today.
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If I'm clear on what you're taking about, seems to me they sometimes have the "X" buttons surrounded by a "subscribe" area. Miss it a smidge and bang, you're subscribed. Like the "vote for" areas being different for the two candidates on the last voter machine scandal...
Vote for:
Sam Progressive________________________________________
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Jack Conservative __
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Or maybe that's just the popup ads.