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Re:Scribd and Quora considered harmful by k-mcgrady on Sunday May 25, 2014 @03:28PM (#7797277)
All I did was sign up so I could read some answers. Over the next week I was bombarded with emails. I checked the settings and when I registered they had signed me up to be emailed about a dozen different things.
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Re:Scribd and Quora considered harmful by mplewis on Sunday May 25, 2014 @05:35PM (#7797657)
It's almost as bad as LinkedIn. After I turned off all newsletters from LinkedIn, I still got 2 a week that I had to filter in Gmail.
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