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This seems like thinly veiled marketing for Hey? "There's a Big Scary Problem you probably didn't know about, according to the founder of a service that solves

This seems like thinly veiled marketing for Hey? "There's a Big Scary Problem you probably didn't know about, according to the founder of a service that solves that problem." [Image of what it looks like when the Big Scary Problem is solved by the service.] [Flattering image of the service founder, and a reference to the service as 'premium.']

iso1631 6y ago
That was my original thought this morning, such a blatant press release. A "ready to go" article to the journalist to do the work for the day and get on with something else, common practice. However note the intro "according to a messaging service that analysed its traffic at the BBC's request."
mattnewton 6y ago
Came here to say this, and reference the pg article about “the submarine”. This reads like it was written by a PR firm. As a Hey user, this is the least salient thing about the service to me, but maybe they think it is the best way to compete with Gmail?
networkimprov 6y ago
Yes, it's clearly a puff piece. Can I bribe a BBC editor to get them to write about mnm & TMTP? :-) It also prevents spy-pixels, and phishing, and provides unsubscribe (from threads, or senders, or whole sites). mnm, an open source project to replace email & SMTP: https://mnmnotmail.org https://mnmnotmail.org https://twitter.com/mnmnotmail https://twitter.com/mnmnotmail
cwhiz 6y ago
Unfortunately, Hey is only decent at catching tracking pixels. I have my mail apps set to not load remote content, and it is obvious when an email tries to load some tracking garbage. With Hey there is no option to block remote content, but they attempt to prevent tracking and let you know, quite proudly, when they have. However, during my (evaluation of Hey I've noticed many, MANY, instances where the same email in Hey won't show any tracking pixels, but my mail app has obviously refused to load them. I'm unimpressed with Hey's ability to prevent tracking.

iso1631 6y ago

That was my original thought this morning, such a blatant press release. A "ready to go" article to the journalist to do the work for the day and get on with something else, common practice. However note the intro "according to a messaging service that analysed its traffic at the BBC's request."

mattnewton 6y ago

Came here to say this, and reference the pg article about “the submarine”. This reads like it was written by a PR firm. As a Hey user, this is the least salient thing about the service to me, but maybe they think it is the best way to compete with Gmail?

networkimprov 6y ago

Yes, it's clearly a puff piece. Can I bribe a BBC editor to get them to write about mnm & TMTP? :-) It also prevents spy-pixels, and phishing, and provides unsubscribe (from threads, or senders, or whole sites). mnm, an open source project to replace email & SMTP: https://mnmnotmail.org https://mnmnotmail.org https://twitter.com/mnmnotmail https://twitter.com/mnmnotmail

cwhiz 6y ago

Unfortunately, Hey is only decent at catching tracking pixels. I have my mail apps set to not load remote content, and it is obvious when an email tries to load some tracking garbage. With Hey there is no option to block remote content, but they attempt to prevent tracking and let you know, quite proudly, when they have. However, during my (evaluation of Hey I've noticed many, MANY, instances where the same email in Hey won't show any tracking pixels, but my mail app has obviously refused to load them. I'm unimpressed with Hey's ability to prevent tracking.