Comments on: The unsubscribe roach motel: an email subscription anti-pattern http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2008/11/26/the-unsubscribe-roach-motel-an-email-subscription-anti-pattern/ User Experience Design & Research, written by Harry Brignull Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:48:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: harrybr http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2008/11/26/the-unsubscribe-roach-motel-an-email-subscription-anti-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-78933 harrybr Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:19:00 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2008/11/26/the-unsubscribe-roach-motel-an-email-subscription-anti-pattern/#comment-78933 You're right, I do present a worst-case scenario, yet one that I constantly find myself in. Some niches tend to engage in this practice more than others. Job boards tend to be offenders, as do estate agent (real estate) sites. You're right, I do present a worst-case scenario, yet one that I constantly find myself in. Some niches tend to engage in this practice more than others. Job boards tend to be offenders, as do estate agent (real estate) sites.

]]> By: Ben http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2008/11/26/the-unsubscribe-roach-motel-an-email-subscription-anti-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-78918 Ben Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:37:03 +0000 http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2008/11/26/the-unsubscribe-roach-motel-an-email-subscription-anti-pattern/#comment-78918 I guess I'm a corporate altruist because whenever I see something that I subscribed to (or even something legitimate that may have gotten my email from another site I belong to), I'll mark it as 'not spam' and remove myself the old fashioned way. I just worry about the reliability of the spam system if things like Sierra Club mailings become marked as spam. Most of the time I'd say it's not as complicated as you presented, only a few sites require a password. I guess I'm a corporate altruist because whenever I see something that I subscribed to (or even something legitimate that may have gotten my email from another site I belong to), I'll mark it as 'not spam' and remove myself the old fashioned way. I just worry about the reliability of the spam system if things like Sierra Club mailings become marked as spam.

Most of the time I'd say it's not as complicated as you presented, only a few sites require a password.

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