David Jackson Spam
I've received three mails on the site in three hours from David Jackson, and the mail says I've been automatically set to follow
"some authors with recent articles we think
you'll find enjoyable and useful: Wall Street Breakfast -- our daily
news summary; Seeking Alpha Editors' Picks -- a daily list of 5
outstanding articles; SA Interviews -- occasional interviews with
investors about their top picks and strategies; and SA Product Team --
updates about enhancements we're making to the Seeking Alpha website and
mobile apps."
It goes on to say that if I don't want to follow them, I can go to the article or their profile to unfollow them. This is ridiculous, spamming and setting my account to follow authors without my consent.
Thanks Daniel. I understand you're probably not involved with making
decisions like this one to involuntary set people to follow, and I
appreciate your help. I expect you'll be seeing a lot more people
complaining about this when people start thinking about their portfolios
after the holiday.
Thanks Wilbodave.
Just so we are clear- the addition of these 4 author follows should not impact any SA experience beyond the new "People" page and the author following newsletter (if you are subscribed). It does not sign you up for real-time author alerts on these authors.