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Re:Writing Effective Welcome Emails by saraid216 on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @06:04PM (#5671130)
> That's mighty bad luck. I signed up for a site called Hacker News, and I don't get any spam from them at all.

That's disingenuous. He signed up for HN 2 years ago. That's not "these days".

Re:Writing Effective Welcome Emails by Silhouette on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @06:38PM (#5671326)
Does HN spam people who sign up today? If not, my point is just as valid.
Re:Writing Effective Welcome Emails by saraid216 on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @12:14PM (#5675034)
Your point is that one site out of millions doesn't spam people. That's not a particularly valid point.
Re:Writing Effective Welcome Emails by cocoflunchy on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @08:44PM (#5671815)
You don't have to provide an email when you sign up for HN though...