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Re:You know how HTTP GET requests are meant to be idempotent? by Can_Not on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @10:14AM (#16967163)
I don't think it's slimy. They could provide a simple, complete unsubscribe button in addition to a list of subtopics to check/uncheck. Maybe I only want to unsubscribe from their blog, or I still want to receive feature update news but not their sales catalog.
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Re:You know how HTTP GET requests are meant to be idempotent? by wpietri on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @11:02AM (#16967552)
As a person who ends up clicking a lot of unsubscribe links: I definitely see it as slimy.

I would rather companies just didn't subscribe me, so having to click an unsubscribe link is already a problem. The more confirmation they have, the more I take it as biased and manipulative.

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Re:You know how HTTP GET requests are meant to be idempotent? by criddell on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @10:26AM (#16967267)
If I click a link to claims to unsubscribe me, then that's exactly what it should do. I have no problem with a page to manage account preferences, but don't label the UI element that leads there as unsubscribe.
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Re:You know how HTTP GET requests are meant to be idempotent? by jimktrains2 on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @09:20PM (#16973322)
Do you also not like links called "Contact"?
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