Is it just me, or do you believe your inbox is the worst place for newsletters? Any other medium would be preferable.
Ask HN: Is it just me, or is the inbox is the worst place for newsletters?
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Re: Ask HN: Is it just me, or is the inbox is the worst place for newsletters?
#2It is! I now use Kill the Newsletter [0] for those newsletters that don't offer an RSS feed.
Re: Ask HN: Is it just me, or is the inbox is the worst place for newsletters?
#3Depends on the type on newsletter I'd say.
I find a lot of newsletters now are just blog posts that yes, would be better served elsewhere (especially those with little or no web archive/presence). A lot of great writing hidden away I feel.
However, curated newsletters with round-ups/link lists, I feel are great in email. I can tag them, stick them in a folder, and peruse at my leisure. However, if you're big on RSS this too may have limited appeal.
Re: Ask HN: Is it just me, or is the inbox is the worst place for newsletters?
#4myemail+newsletter@example.com
Filter it out so it doesn't get in the way, read them when you want to (still generally dislike newsletters in email, rss is nicer)
Re: Ask HN: Is it just me, or is the inbox is the worst place for newsletters?
#5Thankfully, Substack provides an RSS feed. If there's no RSS, I don't subscribe.
In the future I might try Kill the Newsletter as suggested in another comment.
Re: Ask HN: Is it just me, or is the inbox is the worst place for newsletters?
#6I switched all my email newsletters to RSS newsletters with https://kill-the-newsletter.com and my life has gotten so much better.
I was inspired by the design of Hey email, whose designers reasoned that newsletters aren't really that important, they should just be something you scroll through and separate from other email which often needs a response.
Re: Ask HN: Is it just me, or is the inbox is the worst place for newsletters?
#7How do I get notified of a new newsletter?
For me my Inbox is the only place I'm guaranteed to visit regularly. If a notification is on any other platform then I might not ever know about it.
But then - you haven't really explained what you mean. Do you mean in terms of rendering? notifications, sharing?
And it depends on your relationship to email vs other platforms. Tell us more about your reasoning.
Re: Ask HN: Is it just me, or is the inbox is the worst place for newsletters?
#8My RSS reader service also provides an email address for email-only subscriptions: https://feedbin.com/blog/2016/02/03/subscribe-to-email-newsl... . I read email newsletters in the same place as RSS. I'm subscribed to a few low-volume Twitter searches too (https://feedbin.com/blog/2018/01/11/feedbin-is-the-best-way-...).
Re: Ask HN: Is it just me, or is the inbox is the worst place for newsletters?
#9This is exactly what RSS feeds were for. In fact Outlook and other mail programs support RSS feeds alongside e-mail.
Maybe Google should have integrated Reader into Gmail instead of dropping support for it.
Re: Ask HN: Is it just me, or is the inbox is the worst place for newsletters?
#10I'm trying to switch my newsletters over to Feedbin but it's a slow process.