Referral source is a built in feature in browsers that analytics tools can utilize. It does not require any special links.

It just means that a website (almost) always knows the previous page you came from.

Well the “sources say” implicates that they actually don’t know. They’ve just heard someone say it. So it’s definitely necessary.

This was definitely a fuckup from Slack but as I’ve understood it, the “AI training” means that they’re able to suggest emoji reactions to messages.

Not sure how to think about this, but here’s some additional info from slack: https://slack.engineering/how-we-built-slack-ai-to-be-secure-and-private/

Edit: Just to pick main point from the article:

Slack AI principles to guide us.

• Customer data never leaves Slack.
• We do not train large language models (LLMs) on customer data.
• Slack AI only operates on the data that the user can already see.
• Slack AI upholds all of Slack’s enterprise-grade security and compliance requirements.

While I respect your right to express your opinion, I must state that your opinion is just as valid or void as the previous. I couldn’t know which. How would I?

I’m wondering what was the email usage like in the first place if you can just choose to stop sending to most people.

But to be honest, I’ve only sent handful of emails from my personal account within the same number of years.