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@ceejayoz you apparently have either an issue with reading or with comprehension.

For the Nth time now, my original comment wasnt about email SPAM or SO at all. You clearly are on a tangent unrelated to my original discussion topic.

There is no way to get around the fact that blasting a company on Twitter immediately for anything isnt the right way to handle something. Especially when you yourself have acknowledged the fact that it wasnt condoned by SO and was just "one rogue" salesguy. Exactly my point on why publicly whining about it like that is the wrong way to handle it. If you want to continue to argue that fact, go right ahead, but you are wrong.

The more sales guys get publicly blasted for doing stupid stuff like this, the more incentive not to do it. If this gets SO to issue explicit "don't spam people" guidelines, everyone wins.

You may now resume your whining.

All hail, king of the trolls

/me kneels before @cpjolicoeur, King of the Trolls.

about time

@ceejayoz and @ceejayoz, you two would make a great couple.

Umm I'm pretty sure that equals one person not a couple.

@Nickv82 nope, you are wrong. Whether you or anyone else wants to admit it, DHH and 37S handled it wrong. There is no way around that. I didnt turn around and verbally abuse him for it, i told him to "Stop Whining". Scroll up and read what I said. Also, he publicly pasted the email here on a forum meant for public discussion and thats what I did.

@cpjolicoeur 👍

So what would be the socially acceptable way to promote such a service? It's easy to complain about this kind of thing, but I don't see anyone suggesting a better way to do it. Or does everyone feel that the only mistake was not including opt-out instructions? By the way, opt out instructions are a great way for hackers to trick people into visiting a malicious website... just saying...