There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.

Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.

CM400 ,

I signed up for Nextdoor to see ONE MESSAGE, then I cancelled my account and unsubscribed multiple times. I still get at least 2 emails per day from them.

Sunny OP ,

damn, surely you can block their emails though? No way they’re sending that from different emails each time? I hope…

CM400 ,

It all goes to spam now, but for about a month (I think) after unsubscribing the final time I had 8-10 squeak through every week.

I just checked my junk folder, and I’ve had 21 emails from them, despite being blocked and having unsubscribed, since the 1st of August.

Also, if anyone reading this is or knows a US Military veteran, PLEASE tell them to not sign up for Together We Served. It’s supposed to be like Facebook for veterans, but it sucks. The thing is, I tried their “premium” service and later could not cancel (I had to have my bank block their charges and get a new card) AND I get just as many or more emails from them too. They’ve gone to my junk folder for so long I’d completely forgot about it. Seriously, that site should not be allowed to operate like that, and it was even pushed to us in official Veterans Affairs emails.

warbond ,

I signed up for TWS almost 20 years ago, but I never really used it. Isn’t it really just for finding old service buddies?

Showroom7561 ,

OMG, I’m going through this now. Signed up to see some details of a local street sale. Thankfully, I used a throwaway email and did NOT verify my location. But I’m getting daily emails no matter what I try.

Good news is that I can simply terminate the throwaway account, and I’m good. But it’s funny seeing the drama in my neighbourhood. LOL

wreckedcarzz ,
@wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world avatar
  • Have your domain send all messages of unknown accounts sent to one ‘real’ address (catch-all)
  • Have unique email addresses for every website/service (use a password manager to keep track of credentials)
  • When an address gets compromised, caught in a data breach, etc just change the email address to a new address and also (see next)
  • When shit websites don’t respect opt-out/account closure/etc, send messages to that address to a black hole

Squeeky-clean inbox, and a happy you

slazer2au ,

Why did you block the number of views? Are you embarrassed?

foggy ,

It says 1.8M and they doesn’t wanna disclose their identity.

Sunny OP ,

so incredibly embarrassed…

slazer2au ,

Me too mate, me too.

aaaaace ,

I had to make an email filter just for airbnb, after requesting account closure several times.

Booking.com at least honored the 2nd or 3rd request.

If linkedin has an investor page, set a forward so their emails go to investor relations.

Sunny OP ,

That would be funny, but this email includes my name unfortunately.

hddsx ,

Unsubscribe. If you still get mail from them, mark as spam.

dhork ,

I find LinkedIn useful, but absolutely refuse to install the app on my phone. I figure it’s enough to give them access to my contacts and resume to monetize, they don’t need my location also.

Whenever I get an email notification that I have a LinkedIn message, I check it the next time I am at my desktop. Then, without fail, after I check it they send me a follow-up email reminding me that “LinkedIn is better on the app!”

That just reinforces the idea that I will never, ever install their app.

BigDiction ,

I was the same until I was actively looking for another job. I wanted to ability to provide an instant read/response.

SacredHeartAttack ,
@SacredHeartAttack@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve literally never had an account. I’ve never even like started the process. I get emails a few times a year from them because ONCE a friend invited me. This was over a decade ago.

Blue_Morpho ,

So the unsubscribe link doesn’t work?

warbond ,

Only until the next email

Blue_Morpho ,

That’s illegal. You could pursue it if you want some free money.

norimee ,

I used LinkedIn very briefly 10 years ago, when I moved back from abroad. I haven’t logged in for at least 9 years and actually lost the access. I still get emails from them. I can even unsubscribe without reseting my password und regaining access of my account.

I mark them all as spam.

vert3xo ,

I hate that platform. My account got blocked because I haven’t used it in a long time but was still receiving emails. I decided to delete it but I had to submit my ID. I wasn’t very happy about it but apparently they delete the data right after verifying your identity. Anyway, I submitted 2 requests and waited over 3 weeks and no one bothered to look at my case. I literally had to go through the privacy policy to find a contact for a data protection officer to write an email to. You can’t contact support or even unsubscribe from the emails without logging in first. Just terrible.

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