AutoUnsubscribe
Productivity
email management
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How HN took it
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Privacy: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Commenter says the idea looks cool and shares experience running a similar unsubscribe service.
From 1 comment
Looks cool! I remember when I started easyunsubscriber.com. Unsubscribe.com was a competitor and later unroll.me also came around. Both eventually were acquired, I stopped…
rcavezza on HN
Objections
Unsubscribing from spam can confirm the address is live and lead to more spam.
From 1 comment
The vast majority of e-mail that I get which claims to have an unsubscribe process is actually spam. If you try to unsubscribe from it, all you've done is proven that your e-mail…
bradknowles on HN
Users must trust a new service with inbox access before it gains traction.
From 1 comment
It’s a good idea but I feel you’d have to gather users and notoriety with a more trusting general population before asking HN to open up their inbox to a brand new service.
pancrufty on HN
Gmail already offers a simpler unsubscribe suggestion feature.
From 1 comment
I believe Gmail already has this feature: https://www.mailjet.com/blog/deliverability/understanding-gmail-unsubscribe/ I have used the feature in Gmail, and do like it.
varunsharma07 on HN
Requests
Keep a final manual unsubscribe confirmation rather than fully automatic unsubscribing.
From 1 comment
Good point. As a user, I still want to click on a final unsubscribe button and not just unsubscribe automatically.
varunsharma07 on HN
Questions
Which email service the commenter uses to filter spam.
From 1 comment
What service do you use for your email? I would amazed if these types of emails are getting past gmails spam filtering to the point it becomes the “vast majority” with an…
EduardoBautista on HN
Alternatives named
Gmail's built-in unsubscribe suggestions.
From 1 comment
I believe Gmail already has this feature: https://www.mailjet.com/blog/deliverability/understanding-gmail-unsubscribe/ I have used the feature in Gmail, and do like it.
varunsharma07 on HN
Feedbin with newsletter toggles.
From 1 comment
I’ve started using Feedbin to subscribe to pretty much everything: RSS, Twitter, Mastodon, HN, YouTube, Reddit and, most relevantly in terms of this post, newsletters. It gives…
rcarr on HN
Unsubscribe.com, unroll.me and easyunsubscriber.
From 1 comment
Looks cool! I remember when I started easyunsubscriber.com. Unsubscribe.com was a competitor and later unroll.me also came around. Both eventually were acquired, I stopped…
rcavezza on HN