I feel like the rise of email newsletters was a direct result of a growing animosity toward the major social platforms. Weblogs could have benefited, but the feedback and delivery mechanisms aren’t as approachable as email is.
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I feel like the rise of email newsletters was a direct result of a growing animosity toward the major social platforms. Weblogs could have benefited, but the feedback and delivery mechanisms aren’t as approachable as email is.
Agreed. This is why I’m using Jetpack’s email subscriptions on my blog. I think it’s important to be where people are, but by owning my domain, the home for all my words is still controlled by me.
I agree 100%. I offer an email subscription (also through Jetpack) for my main site too. It’s not particularly popular, but I also don’t promote it too much.
But a weblog + email subscription option is far superior to an email newsletter-specific setup.
Oh weird… I didn’t get a notification for this reply. I totally agree! I’ve seen many go the Substack route and while it looks great (and I certainly don’t disparage anyone who chooses Substack), owning the origin of those words is important to me. If not for anything else but self-archival.