Unsubscribing from specific game emails
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indie_gamesAfter receiving 18 emails in the 18 days since I bought Solo But Not Alone 4, all by or connected to a creator team that's doing some kind of fundraiser, I have a new policy: A single not-related-to-this-game email means unsubscribing from that game's list.
I don't like this "creators using bundles as a way to get access to people to advertise their upcoming paid games."
I REALLY don't like them sending out emails to every game they have when they've got half a dozen or more in the same bundle. Yes, it's technically one email per game. But in practice: I've been getting 2-3 emails per day (some days get skipped), all from the same people, with the same content in the email. (Basically, "check out our crowdfunding campaign and our patreon!") And looking through my records... they did this last November as well, staggering the promo emails across a handful of games. Makes sense for people who've bought one of their games; for people who got several in a bundle, it feels like a barrage of spam.
I have established that they don't use the "notify buyers" option to tell me when there's a new version available; they're using it to say "come give me money on this other platform." I don't need that, so I'm shutting off my subscriptions to all of their games.
I don't mind, "hey did you like [Game]? I'm doing a print run on Kickstarter!" I do not like "Did you like [Game]? Well, I am publishing a new game you might also like!"
My game bundles collection is more than 10,000 items; I am going to be damned ruthless about unsubscribing from game emails.
I don't like this "creators using bundles as a way to get access to people to advertise their upcoming paid games."
I REALLY don't like them sending out emails to every game they have when they've got half a dozen or more in the same bundle. Yes, it's technically one email per game. But in practice: I've been getting 2-3 emails per day (some days get skipped), all from the same people, with the same content in the email. (Basically, "check out our crowdfunding campaign and our patreon!") And looking through my records... they did this last November as well, staggering the promo emails across a handful of games. Makes sense for people who've bought one of their games; for people who got several in a bundle, it feels like a barrage of spam.
I have established that they don't use the "notify buyers" option to tell me when there's a new version available; they're using it to say "come give me money on this other platform." I don't need that, so I'm shutting off my subscriptions to all of their games.
I don't mind, "hey did you like [Game]? I'm doing a print run on Kickstarter!" I do not like "Did you like [Game]? Well, I am publishing a new game you might also like!"
My game bundles collection is more than 10,000 items; I am going to be damned ruthless about unsubscribing from game emails.
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Date: 2024-02-05 03:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2024-02-07 01:42 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2024-02-07 04:49 am (UTC)A lot of TTRPG creators use it to say "If you like this game - I have a kickstarter that's going to have the print version."
And then there's this crowd that's using it to say "We have a patreon! free games for subscribers! Also we have a fundraising drive!" ... none of which is related to this particular game. So I'm blocking all of those; I will be fine if I miss out on this-particular-game's update info, if/when they happen.