I joined MediaPost today, after years of reading, because I was curious what membership got me.
The answer: three newsletter-style emails in the past five hours, none of which I requested to receive.
Logging into the site to turn off my feeds, I discovered that signing up for the site registered me for fifteen daily and weekly emails, all of which are opt-out. (screenshot)
I wonder how long it will be before I have to turn off the email address I used, once it’s sold to the lowest bidder and turned into a spam receptacle.