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General discussionGOG's email subject lines are entirely indistinguishable from spam(18 posts)(18 posts)
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Posted November 10, 2020
The latest one is:

"No waaay! Yeap, this is happening TODAY..."

Prefixed by some kind of smiley face which I originally quoted here, but which caused this entire forum post to disappear.

GOG, you're dreaming if you think that kind of nonsense isn't going directly to the spam folder, unread.
Post edited November 10, 2020 by Shadowcat
Posted November 10, 2020
To be faaaaair, it was worse when they were also using a different font to get noticed. So, progress...?
Posted November 10, 2020
Agreed.

GOG come on we are all adults here, you dont have to do this funky spam like newsletter titles.
Don't be so tryhard "why hello there fellow zoomers"

its embarrassing.
Posted November 10, 2020
Since I'm willfully signed up to one sales newsletter, I'll give an example of their typical inbox line:

🍃 Dell Refurbished 48 Hour Sale Event

It's really that simple. One emoji for color, and a very direct subject line.
Posted November 11, 2020
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Lord_Kane: GOG come on we are all adults here
Pfft. I thought we were all tweens running on glitter and pixiedust.
Posted November 11, 2020
Screenshot will show it the best. This is a screen of the most recent mails I received from GOG. Not that I'm complaining since I can opt out at any time but still...
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Post edited November 11, 2020 by idbeholdME
Posted November 11, 2020
Is the population for GOG primarily early teens?

Is there a massive influx of thirteen year olds lining up for some Betrayal at Krondor?
Posted November 11, 2020
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ShadowWulfe: Is the population for GOG primarily early teens?

Is there a massive influx of thirteen year olds lining up for some Betrayal at Krondor?
No they are just trying to be nice
Posted November 11, 2020
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Lord_Kane: Agreed.

GOG come on we are all adults here, you dont have to do this funky spam like newsletter titles.
Don't be so tryhard "why hello there fellow zoomers"
More like consoomers.
Posted November 11, 2020
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ShadowWulfe: Is the population for GOG primarily early teens?

Is there a massive influx of thirteen year olds lining up for some Betrayal at Krondor?
I fucking cackled at this, if it wasn't for a virus burning through the world I'd give you a pat on the back.
Posted November 11, 2020
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Darvond: Since I'm willfully signed up to one sales newsletter, I'll give an example of their typical inbox line:
There should be zero emoji in any email subject, ever. Any instantly screams, "SPAM!"
Post edited November 11, 2020 by mqstout
Posted November 11, 2020
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Darvond: Since I'm willfully signed up to one sales newsletter, I'll give an example of their typical inbox line:

Dell Refurbished 48 Hour Sale Event

It's really that simple. One emoji for color, and a very direct subject line.
Non-alphabetic characters, especially emojis, in the subject is a very bad idea.

Those may (or may not) work for social media, but keep them out of emails.


EDIT: for the record, that emoji in the quoted part deleted my entire reply twice now, so those aren't good for forums either.
Post edited November 11, 2020 by PixelBoy
Posted November 11, 2020
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Darvond: Since I'm willfully signed up to one sales newsletter, I'll give an example of their typical inbox line:

Dell Refurbished 48 Hour Sale Event

It's really that simple. One emoji for color, and a very direct subject line.
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PixelBoy: Non-alphabetic characters, especially emojis, in the subject is a very bad idea.

Those may (or may not) work for social media, but keep them out of emails.

EDIT: for the record, that emoji in the quoted part deleted my entire reply twice now, so those aren't good for forums either.
That's more GOG's idiocy. I had to paste in that emoji XML style. Why it gets deleted afterward is a mystery known only to the blues.
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Darvond: Since I'm willfully signed up to one sales newsletter, I'll give an example of their typical inbox line:
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mqstout: There should be zero emoji in any email subject, ever. Any instantly screams, "SPAM!"
I feel like there can be tasteful applications. Especially 🤔
Post edited November 11, 2020 by Darvond
Posted November 12, 2020
The spam filter would make sure a lot of those would never reach me but I chose not to subscribe. And no, I cannot do anything about the spam filter at all.
Posted November 12, 2020
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Lord_Kane: Agreed.

GOG come on we are all adults here, you dont have to do this funky spam like newsletter titles.
Don't be so tryhard "why hello there fellow zoomers"
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§pectre: More like consoomers.
I'M COONSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMING.
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