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Every social network opts you in to a long list of email subscriptions. You have to uncheck a bunch of boxes in the settings if you don't want them.

G+: https://www.google.com/settings/plus

Twitter: https://twitter.com/settings/notifications

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=notifications§ion=thro...

Update: It looks like Facebook switched from a long list of checkboxes to an all-or-nothing system.

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Fun begins when someone signs up on Facebook using a gmail id 'firstlast@gmail.com' and your gmail is 'first.last@gmail.com'.

Facebook doesn't stop sending notifications, and Gmail is blind to the dot ... :-) It's like two beautiful girls talking to each other and not listening to any body who is around trying to interrupt their loud gossip.

check out my social network, pplrep.com, and unlike other networks, it's not egocentric. Email verification not required and we never email users, unless they request their password if they've forgotten it. Also not in bed with the NSA.

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