Why can't people unsubscribe themselves?

[John Haugeland]

Many people who wish to show frustration with choices being made on their
behalf feel that this is an appropriate mechanism to politely display their
reaction.

I am quite surprised that the reaction is "why can't you do this," rather
than "why are you all suddenly leaving?"


On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Rick Westerman <westerman at purdue.edu>wrote:

> > I would like to be removed from the email list now, please.
>
> For a bunch of techies I find it interesting that there are number of
> 'please unsubscribe me' requests on this list.  At least 3 so far.  If
> *we*, as techs, can't navigate to a simple web page and fill out a simple
> form then what hope do our customers/users have?
>
> (BTW:  Just more flame-bait to distract from the recent spate of TSA and
> coffee-shop bashing.  :-(  What is it about post-conference that seems to
> be putting people on edge?)
>
> (BTW#2: Despite the high level of chit-chat on the list I appreciated all
> of the email.  That plus looking at some of the live streams made me feel
> like I was part of the conference.)
>
>
> --
> Rick Westerman
> westerman at purdue.edu
>
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