Ever since getting tickets, my inbox has received a flood of spam from random vendors, service providers, people pretending to have met me at the conference, yada yada yada.

Wild how they charge so much for a ticket and then sell you off like cattle. My inbox and LinkedIn is now utterly cluttered. I regret the BS event.

  • FlorAhhh@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So, I’ve been parts of lots of big events on the planning/execution side. And it’s not necessarily TechCrunch, so I’d be wary of making that accusation.

    Most events like this offer a sponsorship tier that allows the sponsors access to attendee emails. So some assholes with $5,000 to spend on lead generation can just buy in at that tier and get a ton of active emails to spam. Sometimes those folks get flagged and cannot access the emails next year, but if Vestik Systems gets banned, Bestik Systems can just come in next year with a check and do the same thing.

    TL;DR: Why did you use your actual email?

  • seobrien@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Most do. The idea that there is privacy online or that “selling your data” is rare and therefore bad, is entirely rhetoric. The internet is by default very tracked and shared; that’s why it was built.

  • SveXteZ@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yep, happened to me as well. Worst $100 ever spent - not only did they sell my data, but each lecture was a complete waste of time + no networking at all.

  • dirtyshits@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is normal procedure for most conferences. You should probably read the terms when you give up your info.

    Having worked as a sponsor at these events, depending on what tier of sponsor you are, you will recieve attendee information. Plus, if someone at a booth scans your badge, they automatically get your info.

    The emails and spam will die out fairly quickly. Most SDR’s and AE’s don’t follow up more than a few times or drop you into a 30 day automated sequence. Click unsubscribe at the bottom of emails or just reply DNC and the person on the other end will remove you from lists(or they should if they are a self respecting org).