Scribd and Quora considered harmful

Re:Scribd and Quora considered harmful by ryanwhitney on Sunday May 25, 2014 @04:14PM (#7797412)

Yes, you can turn off those emails. All you have to do is un-click 25 checkboxes! http://cl.ly/image/3J2Q3o1M213h/quora-email-settings.png

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Re:Scribd and Quora considered harmful by 27182818284 on Sunday May 25, 2014 @05:16PM (#7797588)

Holy shit, I thought you were kidding. I am glad you included the screenshot!

For lack of better words, Quora has always struck me as expertsexchange 2.0. There is nothing wrong with being the reincarnate-2.0.-site, but Quora seems to be resurrecting demons and zombies and death we'd rather stay in the ground.

(For comparison, I consider Reddit, with its thousands of subreddits to be a form of usenet 2.0)

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Re:Scribd and Quora considered harmful by thomasahle on Sunday May 25, 2014 @05:20PM (#7797608)

Don't forget you'll have to re-un-click them every time they add another point to the list!

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Re:Scribd and Quora considered harmful by Schwolop on Sunday May 25, 2014 @11:39PM (#7798576)

Just to hold off on the Quora bashing for a few seconds - I've used Quora since 2011, and they actually have not ever added a new email item defaulting to on (for me at least, maybe I'm in some grandfathered category.)

They've done heaps of annoying shit, but that in particular is one of the few things they haven't done.

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Re:Scribd and Quora considered harmful by codezero on Sunday May 25, 2014 @07:22PM (#7797980)

Or click the unsubscribe all link at the bottom of every single email they send.

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Re:Scribd and Quora considered harmful by adanto6840 on Sunday May 25, 2014 @06:37PM (#7797866)

Is this legal after the can spam act??

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Re:Scribd and Quora considered harmful by codezero on Sunday May 25, 2014 @07:23PM (#7797982)

Every email they send includes a link to unsubscribe from all emails in one click.

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