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Kill the newsletter: Convert newsletters into RSS feeds
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Re: Kill the newsletter: Convert newsletters into RSS feeds
#42I personally prefer RSS over mailed newsletters. And was expecting that newsletters will eventually die. I was wrong. Not sure why they didn't died and actually grow more popular, but IMHO RSS is probably too complicated for regular Joe, so they probably not even know RSS exists. I'm only subscribed to newsletter when RSS is not an option, like js weekly, android weekly... But wish I can read those in digg/reader too…
Yeah, I would assume newsletters have a lot higher chance to be read... everyone I know has an email account, but only a subset bother with RSS. And even if you have RSS, chances are you have a lot of feeds you never read that just end up part of the furniture of your life.
Also, it's much easier to track the average person's actions when you send them an email vs when they have an RSS feed. So, all these websites that show a 'sign up for my newsletter' popup when you visit them, will not choose the RSS option.
I hate tracking URLs, pixels etc. but I don't see how we can get them to not use them.
Re: Kill the newsletter: Convert newsletters into RSS feeds
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
I just checked out your site and uBlock blocked 27 requests and noted that loading the page involves 11 domains. Do you have any insight into what's being blocked and why so many domains are being accessed?
Do you do this to every site? Everything I see is stuff like Google Analytics and Share this. Check your logs before asking a question you can answer yourself. If you have a specific complaint, then contact the admin or owner.
I generally run with uBlock on, so I guess I do it to every site.
I just learned about the log today from another comment. Even after reading it, I'm not sure all of what it is doing. Since the owner of the site is posting here, I thought it would be a good opportunity to ask. If anybody knows why the blocked count continues to climb even after the page is loaded, it would be the creator. It's always interesting to me to hear why something was built the way it is.
BTW, I'm not really complaining about anything.
Also, I just looked at the logs again and I don't see 11 different domains. So, yeah, even with the log it's confusing to me.
Re: Kill the newsletter: Convert newsletters into RSS feeds
#44I personally prefer RSS over mailed newsletters. And was expecting that newsletters will eventually die. I was wrong. Not sure why they didn't died and actually grow more popular, but IMHO RSS is probably too complicated for regular Joe, so they probably not even know RSS exists. I'm only subscribed to newsletter when RSS is not an option, like js weekly, android weekly... But wish I can read those in digg/reader too…
Yeah, I would assume newsletters have a lot higher chance to be read... everyone I know has an email account, but only a subset bother with RSS. And even if you have RSS, chances are you have a lot of feeds you never read that just end up part of the furniture of your life.
Maybe RSS should rebrand as "textcasting" or something. Podcasts are popular, are not considered only for "power users", and are just RSS feeds of audio links.
Re: Kill the newsletter: Convert newsletters into RSS feeds
#45Pretty sure publishers prefer newsletters because they get opened more than an RSS feed based on a few conversations I've had.
That's why this (or something like it) is a good solution. Publishers can still send emails, but users can decide they prefer to read them through RSS.
Re: Kill the newsletter: Convert newsletters into RSS feeds
#46I think we are moving towards a descentralized Internet. The RSS feed needs a central server, the newsletter can be broadcasted and then forwarded peer to peer. I'd argue the opposite then: save the newsletter, just maybe evolve it into something better (maybe with schema email??)
The rss feed contents can be replicated, distributed to other peers, not unlike ipfs, etc.
Re: Kill the newsletter: Convert newsletters into RSS feeds
#47Just a heads up that almost all Mailchimp newsletters (and many others) have RSS feeds. Just put the archive link into your RSS reader and it will autodiscover it. But this is great for those that don't. Great work.
Yup, Dada Mail too (example: http://dadamailproject.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive_rss...) but only for the last, I dunno, 12 or so years.
Re: Kill the newsletter: Convert newsletters into RSS feeds
#48I think we are moving towards a descentralized Internet. The RSS feed needs a central server, the newsletter can be broadcasted and then forwarded peer to peer. I'd argue the opposite then: save the newsletter, just maybe evolve it into something better (maybe with schema email??)
Sounds like Usenet :) RSS is probably easier to layer on top of those new fangled HTTP-over-P2P networks like IPFS. Heck, I remember proposals for combining RSS and BitTorrent, so an RSS feed could be spread via BitTorrent, with incremental updates being applied, and with each entry containing BitTorrent magnet links. This was proposed as a distributed way to provide podcasts ("podcatching"). Not sure if it got imple…
NNTP is one of the most underrated protocols.
It's a distributed superset of email + RSS + twitter.
Re: Kill the newsletter: Convert newsletters into RSS feeds
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you do this to every site? Everything I see is stuff like Google Analytics and Share this. Check your logs before asking a question you can answer yourself. If you have a specific complaint, then contact the admin or owner.
I generally run with uBlock on, so I guess I do it to every site. I just learned about the log today from another comment. Even after reading it, I'm not sure all of what it is doing. Since the owner of the site is posting here, I thought it would be a good opportunity to ask. If anybody knows why the blocked count continues to climb even after the page is loaded, it would be the creator. It's always interesting to m…
If you mean the list of domains in the popup in your toolbar, you can scroll down in it. (That is a bad UI :-\)
Re: Kill the newsletter: Convert newsletters into RSS feeds
#50I would love to kill the newsletter. I love RSS. I perceive most newsletters as spam. Except:
- non tech saavy users don't know what RSS is and often won't use a RSS reader even after tutoring.
- newsletter still makes a LOT of cash. I didn't believe it, but working in the adult industry teached me that many things I would never do (read a news letter, click a ridiculous add, engage with an obviously fake profile) is actually common practice among the vast majority of users.