Looks good—but how come when I subscribed to this I also seem to have been signed up to another newsletter called ‘Bentham’s Bulldog’? Not that I’m necessarily opposed to being signed up to this other substack, but I didn’t opt into it so it seems slightly weird that I’ve been (seemingly) added to the email list.
Having looked into it more, I gather that after subscribing, you’re presented with the list of other substacks that I recommend, and a highlighted option to subscribe to them (selected by default). It’s bad form on substack’s part that the button to decline (“maybe later”) is not so prominent, so you may be led to accidentally over-subscribe to other newsletters. Sorry about that!
(Though it’s easy enough to unsubscribe at any time, at least.)
Thanks, yeah I think this was an error on my part rather than anything to do with you. I should have looked more carefully, thought I skipped past the recommendations but the default option of subscribing caught me off guard. This is a shame because I’m now more hesitant about recommending other substacks on my own site.
That’s odd! Is it possible that you clicked this commenter’s profile (or a blogroll link) by mistake? If anyone else is having this issue, let me know and I’ll try looking into it further.
Looks good—but how come when I subscribed to this I also seem to have been signed up to another newsletter called ‘Bentham’s Bulldog’? Not that I’m necessarily opposed to being signed up to this other substack, but I didn’t opt into it so it seems slightly weird that I’ve been (seemingly) added to the email list.
Having looked into it more, I gather that after subscribing, you’re presented with the list of other substacks that I recommend, and a highlighted option to subscribe to them (selected by default). It’s bad form on substack’s part that the button to decline (“maybe later”) is not so prominent, so you may be led to accidentally over-subscribe to other newsletters. Sorry about that!
(Though it’s easy enough to unsubscribe at any time, at least.)
Thanks, yeah I think this was an error on my part rather than anything to do with you. I should have looked more carefully, thought I skipped past the recommendations but the default option of subscribing caught me off guard. This is a shame because I’m now more hesitant about recommending other substacks on my own site.
That’s odd! Is it possible that you clicked this commenter’s profile (or a blogroll link) by mistake? If anyone else is having this issue, let me know and I’ll try looking into it further.