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Bacn is the New Spam

36 points by jmarbach 14y ago

codewright 14y ago
Another blog, another false top-left-logo click that I thought would take me to the product. If you can't pay attention to a detail like that, how can I expect the product itself to be any less frustrating? Show us you're paying attention. I beg of you.
- deleted 14y ago
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- jaryd 14y ago
  I clicked the picture of bacon at the bottom of the article hoping to see a massively blown up photo of a pile of greasy bacon, and was actually redirected to the app! I would be interested to see click-through data on that... :)
  - yourmailman 14y ago
    I will try and get you that data :)
- nmridul 14y ago
  The top left logo clearly says "Glider Blog" -> If it had taken me to the product I would be disappointed.
  - yourmailman 14y ago
    The product can be accessed from the blog roll under Glider Home.
tlogan 14y ago
I installed glider.io and, as of now, I'm not sure why it is better than simple Gmail labeling / filter. But on the other hand, it is better that "smart" outlook.com classification (which cannot even figure out where to put mails from billing@microsoft.com). So there might be something about this is the future.
cwp 14y ago
Yes, they're absolutely right. Not having bacn in my INBOX is wonderful. But I have that already, using Gmail filters. Glider could automate it for me, which would be valuable. I don't think I'd value it at $9/month, though. Maybe I'm not in the target market for this.
wamatt 14y ago
Nice to see more competition in this space. I've found newsletter email filtering to be a godsend and it's changed how I deal with email. I used to setup tons of filter rules manually, but now I just subscribe to anything of interest, and don't worry about the consequences. Sanebox[1] allowed me to do this. It uses a ML algo over any Imap account (I'm using it on Gmail) so it's email client independent. It works incredibly well. No affiliation with SB, just a happy customer and it's 1/4 the monthly price to boot. [1] http://www.sanebox.com/ http://www.sanebox.com/
oakwhiz 14y ago
Why do people write the word "spam" in all-caps? It's not an acronym...
- mintplant 14y ago
  Actually, it is. It stands for "Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages". ...At least, that's what I've always thought it to be, anyway. Now that I go back and check, I can't quite find a source for this claim.
  - monkeyspaw 14y ago
    My understanding is that it's derived from 1970s database programmers "spamming the database" with dummy data. The original term comes from Monty Python's Spamalot skit, I believe.
- yobfountain 14y ago
  Perhaps it's because the name brand is spelled in all caps.
pbreit 14y ago
Gonna have trouble acquiring users at $9/month.
charleslmunger 14y ago
Doesn't gmail's smart labels provide this functionality? I've LOVED having "Promotions" skip the inbox and land in their own label.
- mikec3k 14y ago
  I find that Gmail's smart labels work very nicely for me.

36 points by jmarbach 14y ago

Another blog, another false top-left-logo click that I thought would take me to the product. If you can't pay attention to a detail like that, how can I expect the product itself to be any less frustrating? Show us you're paying attention. I beg of you.

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jaryd 14y ago
I clicked the picture of bacon at the bottom of the article hoping to see a massively blown up photo of a pile of greasy bacon, and was actually redirected to the app! I would be interested to see click-through data on that... :)
- yourmailman 14y ago
  I will try and get you that data :)
nmridul 14y ago
The top left logo clearly says "Glider Blog" -> If it had taken me to the product I would be disappointed.
- yourmailman 14y ago
  The product can be accessed from the blog roll under Glider Home.

tlogan 14y ago

I installed glider.io and, as of now, I'm not sure why it is better than simple Gmail labeling / filter. But on the other hand, it is better that "smart" outlook.com classification (which cannot even figure out where to put mails from billing@microsoft.com). So there might be something about this is the future.

cwp 14y ago

Yes, they're absolutely right. Not having bacn in my INBOX is wonderful. But I have that already, using Gmail filters. Glider could automate it for me, which would be valuable. I don't think I'd value it at $9/month, though. Maybe I'm not in the target market for this.

wamatt 14y ago

Nice to see more competition in this space. I've found newsletter email filtering to be a godsend and it's changed how I deal with email. I used to setup tons of filter rules manually, but now I just subscribe to anything of interest, and don't worry about the consequences. Sanebox[1] allowed me to do this. It uses a ML algo over any Imap account (I'm using it on Gmail) so it's email client independent. It works incredibly well. No affiliation with SB, just a happy customer and it's 1/4 the monthly price to boot. [1] http://www.sanebox.com/ http://www.sanebox.com/

oakwhiz 14y ago

Why do people write the word "spam" in all-caps? It's not an acronym...

mintplant 14y ago
Actually, it is. It stands for "Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages". ...At least, that's what I've always thought it to be, anyway. Now that I go back and check, I can't quite find a source for this claim.
- monkeyspaw 14y ago
  My understanding is that it's derived from 1970s database programmers "spamming the database" with dummy data. The original term comes from Monty Python's Spamalot skit, I believe.
yobfountain 14y ago
Perhaps it's because the name brand is spelled in all caps.

pbreit 14y ago

Gonna have trouble acquiring users at $9/month.

charleslmunger 14y ago

Doesn't gmail's smart labels provide this functionality? I've LOVED having "Promotions" skip the inbox and land in their own label.

mikec3k 14y ago
I find that Gmail's smart labels work very nicely for me.