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Mildly Interesting

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This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.

This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?

Just post some stuff and don't spam.

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The first photo is a picture from 2013, the second is one from 2020, and the third is one I got today (2024).

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What else do you want from that email? You got a new subscriber. There's their name. Why change the layout just for the sake of change? Surely there are people having rules or automations tied to them, why brake them? Just for funsies?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They took out the "report spam" button. Presumably that's because Google's whole business model in 2024 is delivering spam in all its various forms.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What was even the purpose of that button? Surely if you get spam, you don't report that to the spammer, you use the mechanism provided by your email service.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

It was to report a bug in their email system involving unwanted emails (for instance if they continued sending you email after you unsubscribed from it).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yep, I noticed that as well. Google has diversified to another industry though recently: AI spam.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've heard that if you want to sit through their Copyright violation series, they still use Happy Tree Friends videos they commissioned. At least I saw some show that about two years ago

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yep. And I know that from experience.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Other google things that haven’t changed in several eons include: