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Honest question here, does anyone actually want to receive newsletters? I don't think I've ever set foot in the 'Promotions' tab in my Gmail account, other tha

Honest question here, does anyone actually want to receive newsletters? I don't think I've ever set foot in the 'Promotions' tab in my Gmail account, other than to delete everything in it.

wishinghand 9y ago
The ones who sign up for them do. I read Javascript/Node/goweekly.com newsletters in their email format. The Phaser.io newsletter is another. I think you're more the outlier than the norm.
derefr 9y ago
Some of my favourite "blogs" are only available in the form of e-mail newsletters. patio11's post-BingoCardCreator blog, for example, only existed as a newsletter (with non-indexed webpage alternates) for the longest time—though I see that there's now an index (http://www.kalzumeus.com/archive/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/archive/), complete with RSS meta-tag. In other cases, newsletters can serve as a sort of low-volume link aggregator. I'm subscribed to the http://elixirdose.com http://elixirdose.com newsletter and end up with a few Elixir-related articles to read each month. In other cases, it's just fun to follow regular company newsletters, because those companies are essentially soap operas in progress. The http://zenmagnets.com http://zenmagnets.com newsletter is 90% about their ongoing legal battle against the Consumer Product Safety Commission. And, every once in a while, I appreciate getting informed that a product/service I've built something on top of—but which I'm not actively building on right now (i.e. I pay them money every month, but I never go to their website)—has new features, which might inspire me to build something else on them. I like getting announcement emails from {AWS, DigitalOcean, Twilio, etc.} for this reason.
- patio11 9y ago
  My blog and newsletter are ~separate, FWIW. As far as I am aware I do not have an RSS or single page listing the newsletter archive.
joejev 9y ago
I get newsletters for a few music labels to see their new releases. I also get announcements for local music shows.
Frondo 9y ago
Yep. I receive newsletters from several merchants whose stuff I regularly buy. I like getting coupons and information about new products. This is stuff like coffee and chocolate, mostly foodstuffs that I consume regularly. I delete most of them after reading, act on maybe 1 in 4. I'd be very surprised if my behavior here was atypical for consumer behavior.

Honest question here, does anyone actually want to receive newsletters? I don't think I've ever set foot in the 'Promotions' tab in my Gmail account, other than to delete everything in it.

wishinghand 9y ago

The ones who sign up for them do. I read Javascript/Node/goweekly.com newsletters in their email format. The Phaser.io newsletter is another. I think you're more the outlier than the norm.

derefr 9y ago

Some of my favourite "blogs" are only available in the form of e-mail newsletters. patio11's post-BingoCardCreator blog, for example, only existed as a newsletter (with non-indexed webpage alternates) for the longest time—though I see that there's now an index (http://www.kalzumeus.com/archive/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/archive/), complete with RSS meta-tag. In other cases, newsletters can serve as a sort of low-volume link aggregator. I'm subscribed to the http://elixirdose.com http://elixirdose.com newsletter and end up with a few Elixir-related articles to read each month. In other cases, it's just fun to follow regular company newsletters, because those companies are essentially soap operas in progress. The http://zenmagnets.com http://zenmagnets.com newsletter is 90% about their ongoing legal battle against the Consumer Product Safety Commission. And, every once in a while, I appreciate getting informed that a product/service I've built something on top of—but which I'm not actively building on right now (i.e. I pay them money every month, but I never go to their website)—has new features, which might inspire me to build something else on them. I like getting announcement emails from {AWS, DigitalOcean, Twilio, etc.} for this reason.

patio11 9y ago
My blog and newsletter are ~separate, FWIW. As far as I am aware I do not have an RSS or single page listing the newsletter archive.

joejev 9y ago

I get newsletters for a few music labels to see their new releases. I also get announcements for local music shows.

Frondo 9y ago

Yep. I receive newsletters from several merchants whose stuff I regularly buy. I like getting coupons and information about new products. This is stuff like coffee and chocolate, mostly foodstuffs that I consume regularly. I delete most of them after reading, act on maybe 1 in 4. I'd be very surprised if my behavior here was atypical for consumer behavior.