Don’t require a user to be interested twice: lessons on reducing signup friction

Re:Don’t require a user to be interested twice: lessons on r... by agency on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @07:20PM (#23173021)

I feel you. I have {commonFirstName}.{commonLastName}@gmail.com and I get so much email intended for other people. Services that don’t verify email and require you to login to unsubscribe are the _worst_

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Re:Don’t require a user to be interested twice: lessons on r... by xingyzt on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:12PM (#23173992)

Slight tangent: A lot of people might not know that periods in the first half of a gmail address actually get ignored when relaying. They're only there visually. Some services don't check for this and you can register multiple accounts with [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] which all get forwarded to [email protected].

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Re:Don’t require a user to be interested twice: lessons on r... by rapind on Thursday May 14, 2020 @12:42PM (#23181782)

Just flag them as spam. This hurts the service's deliverability. Enough flags and they'll get blacklisted. Services should always at least verify that you can receive the email (by sending a confirmation link) before they start sending you information or even creating a valid account.

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Re:Don’t require a user to be interested twice: lessons on r... by dhosek on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @08:23PM (#23173562)

My wife has [uncommonFirstName]@gmail.com as her e-mail address. Her uncommon first name is still sufficiently common that she gets a lot of other people's e-mails.

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