Nov 6, 2026, 12:13 AMPeriodicals must be desperate. I have gotten so many newsletters and subscription offers from newsletters and magazines, where I a) never subscribed before (Condé Nast) b) certainly opted-out of marketing emails from that pub (CN again) c) they added a new list and auto-opted me in [content, not ad]
@glennf Now is the season of our dis-content.
@glennf
we are at the point where you can send a random email to Sales@___ to “cancel” a nonexistent magazine or newsletter subscription … and they’ll send you an offer for one year at 90% off to keep up their circulation numbers
@glennf I find that @fastcompany regularly violates b) and c)