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On the Forem platform, the newsletter checkbox actually checks whether the user holds a certain role, and a role is not a notification preference; toggling that checkbox does not affect the article's index status.
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50%
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Medium-term (~90 days)
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10/17/2026
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Valid until: 1/15/2027
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