[jmulder]

People claiming the author should have just 'unsubscribed' are missing the point of trust. The author didn't just want these e-mails, he actually lost trust that Weebly was capable of sending informative e-mails at all.

This is a huge loss for Weebly, as they'll never reach the author again by e-mail, even if they were giving away a million dollar.

All in all, in Weebly's case, the e-mails are just spam. They do not have any function other than screaming for attention. Might work for 'growth hacking', but doubt it will do them any good in the long run.

[angryasian]

agree, I think what a lot of people don't realize is that when you click unsubscribe that it is a signal that your email address is active. For those sites that are sketchy and may sell your address or do something else with it, this only helps them. If they are spamming you without the option to turn down the frequency its spam.