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I just received the "new feature" notification for the developer survey 2017. The footer says:

You’re receiving this email because you signed up for New Features on Stack Overflow.

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That's a lie, I tell you, A LIE :-)

I think I was "opted in" by default. The footer should not say anything (and besides, it doesn't need to say anything of the sort, so why bother?).

Furthermore, when I click the unsubscribe link I get to this page:

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where the "dismiss" link does not work, because there's a bug in the page's javascript.

Finally: how is the survey a "New feature"? The email is a general announcement, but please don't call it a new feature, because that's not the kind of content I'd expect to receive if I subscribed to the "New feature" email list in the first place.

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    Maybe the new feature is that the survey is sent out on the New Features list. meta hands Commented Mar 25, 2017 at 16:18
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    (They're sort of like jazz hands I guess) Commented Mar 25, 2017 at 16:18
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    Related (cross-site, see comments): Why is Stack Exchange using my old email address? Commented Mar 27, 2017 at 13:08
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    @JasonC Probably more like a reference to jazz hands... but, I follow. :-) Commented Mar 27, 2017 at 17:31
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    @jpaugh jazz-hands hands Commented Mar 27, 2017 at 18:38
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    Recommend fixing this Right Quick Like. I have a special hatred of emails telling me I signed up for them when I didn't. Almost no matter who they're from, they get marked as spam. I can't be the only one... Commented Mar 28, 2017 at 11:38
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    @T.J.Crowder yeah, I made an exception in this case, but I totally do the same: unsubscribe and mark as spam, no ifs, no buts. Commented Mar 28, 2017 at 16:15

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