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Old Apr 16, 2014 | 2:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Dodge DeBoulet
I'm sure the root of my issue is that so many sites accept email addresses without verification.
The scourge of the early adopter... let's see, I've gotten Facebook invitations to pow-wows in Manitoba, order confirmations for size 14 sneakers going to Sacramento, rave invitations in Atlanta, pop concert announcements in Miami, plenty of those weird "buy trinkets for your chat icon" thing, and once even a tax form, complete with address and SSN.

If there's an help form, I use it and berate the company for not requiring email verification. If there's a "lost password" link, I use it, and change both the password and email address to gobbedlygook (hey, they're not verifying email addresses, right?).
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