GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

adamnemecek wrote: post #3

version_five wrote: post #2

Can someone please explain this? How did he send it to 400k people?

By doing “ @EpicGames/developers”

Thanks

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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Post by tony » Sun, Jun 05, 2022, 2:05 AM UTC

The toothpaste is out of the tube - notifications are going to be scrutinized more in the future, from this point on.

I got the email. And about 20+ responses to that email.

Every person who replies to that issue triggers another 400k emails. Personally, my email client is crashing.

EpicGames, as a GitHub org is an outlier, it's basically an SSO for Unreal Engine. I forgot I was even a member of it.

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

#6

Post by wilde » Sun, Jun 05, 2022, 2:06 AM UTC

And the unsubscribe feature doesn’t even work.

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

#7

Post by kaetemi » Sun, Jun 05, 2022, 2:10 AM UTC

tony wrote: post #5

The toothpaste is out of the tube - notifications are going to be scrutinized more in the future, from this point on. I got the email. And about 20+ responses to that email. Every person who replies to that issue triggers another 400k emails. Personally, my email client is crashing. EpicGames, as a GitHub org is an outlier, it's basically an SSO for Unreal Engine. I forgot I was even a member of it.

It's an effective setup to make people feel included or part of Epic in some way. (Adding everyone who wants access to the organisation.)

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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Post by adamnemecek » Sun, Jun 05, 2022, 2:11 AM UTC

Here’s the link https://github.com/EpicGames/Signup/pull/24#issuecomment-114...

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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Post by dvt » Sun, Jun 05, 2022, 2:12 AM UTC

wilde wrote: post #6

And the unsubscribe feature doesn’t even work.

You can leave the team on GitHub.

Re: GitHub user sends notification to 400k users

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Post by seba_dos1 » Sun, Jun 05, 2022, 2:12 AM UTC

tony wrote: post #5

The toothpaste is out of the tube - notifications are going to be scrutinized more in the future, from this point on. I got the email. And about 20+ responses to that email. Every person who replies to that issue triggers another 400k emails. Personally, my email client is crashing. EpicGames, as a GitHub org is an outlier, it's basically an SSO for Unreal Engine. I forgot I was even a member of it.

It must be hard for GitHub servers, but which e-mail client is crashing from about 100 short, text-only messages received in an hour?