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Re: I switched my newsletters from Substack and Mailchimp to Buttondown

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I've recently switched from Mailchimp to Revue.

The UI of Mailchimp felt like a real catastrophe; incredibly complex and unintuitive. Worse, the text editor was a real nightmare to use and embeds were not great at all. Mailchimp basically felt like a Matryoshka doll with screens in screens in screens in screens, to an almost comical point (except it wasn't fun).

Revue is MUCH simpler, has an excellent and easy to use editor, good-looking embeds (links, tweets), also the possibility to create a paid newsletter. In addition, Revue has native integration within Twitter, which is very nice and helps with growth. Revue isn't as powerful as Mailchimp and others around analytics and other features, but I don't mind at this stage.

Re: I switched my newsletters from Substack and Mailchimp to Buttondown

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They might not be good at email, but they make great tea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHZbDnuKjco

And they tell great penguin jokes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ETlTZoF1E

LOL. Took me about 10 seconds to get it!

Re: I switched my newsletters from Substack and Mailchimp to Buttondown

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post #14

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It's reasonable to go about an experiment that includes within its experimental parameters the mailers' default appearances, since part of the reason folks use these services is to have that all done up without too much manual intervention.

I guess, but at least with Mailchimp, there are a large number of "default appearances," which one did they choose? I would have appreciated screenshots of each email to see what was being compared to what.

Agreed, that'd make it much more useful for the folks who are willing to customize.
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