A very sweet email I received from a new connection included these lines: "I wanted to let you know that you're receiving this email because I lovingly friended you via Facebook and was hoping you wouldn't mind if I occasionally sent you what I was up to. If not, it's totally cool, you're welcome to unsubscribe below and my feelings won't be hurt one bit."
I'm glad I'm not going to be hurting someone's feelings if I choose to stop receiving something I never asked to receive and didn't know existed.
Unfortunately, sending me email I must to choose to stop receiving amounts to an automatic email subscription when the current standard for list subscription is the double opt-in.
The added twist of piling a list subscription onto a Facebook connection muddies the water even further.
Maybe I just wanted to connect in an ambient way.
Maybe I use Facebook and other social media services as my new contact book. (That's exactly what I do!)
Maybe I don't know yet if I want to receive news from you in my in-box, the most intimate of social medias.
Give me a chance to figure it out without making me reject you first.
What might work better: posting about the list existence on Facebook, where I can see it and decide to take action.
Even better: