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Does anyone else still receive round robin letters? Multi page letters from friends or family that were the same and sent to everyone at this time of year. I remember one person's in particular that was basically just a recap of this year's misery including their various health problems etc. It would be read aloud at the Christmas dinner table while the family would all giggle at their terrible experiences. My wife's…
Not sure if it's just age, or if it's truly a sign of times, but many of the friends I kept up with on social media -- and who are no longer active on social media (none of us are on Facebook) -- are nearly impossible to keep up with in real life either. It feels like digital communication has been completely abandoned by my social cohorts. And with no one wanting to talk on the phone... or message via texts, it's ha…
If you create tour own channel where only you can post, you can effectively have a blog.
And its privacy features (who can see your phone number, who can add you to groups, who can see your profile picture etc) are very good.
I basically only keep whatsapp around for my family, otherwise I’d be 100% on Telegram.
(Also IRC, some nerdy university friends)
Personally been happy that Tumblr is thriving and in good hands
This seems great in theory but unlikely to work well in practice. Your close friends are already in touch routinely via email, phone, text, in person. Your extended network of acquaintances though? Connecting on a social media site is much less of a hurdle than: make them aware you have a newsletter. Get them to click and subscribe to the newsletter, get their email client to route that newsletter to their actual inb…
But now I have 20ish people who are interested and that is enough to me.
It doesn’t seem people have a problem receiving them in their inbox.
This is an interesting idea, however, I find it difficult to find time to even sit and scroll through Twitter and read news-based newsletters. It would be nice to have long form updates from friends and write my own as well, but I think with the pace of living this is not possible - which is unfortunate!
I'll write a separate post about how I use a newsletter. But, addressing some of your points: - I write a personal update every month. So, there's a cadence. - When I write a post, I still share it on social media. So, people who prefer socials can still receive updates. - My philosophy is "Write once, share everywhere." Email is just one way to get content - but Postcard even has full-text RSS on it.
Main issue I see with this form of trying to keep people up to date with your life is that it requires a more intense attention span and willingness to know what’s going on. I think social media as it is thrives on short form content because people who do care will call you or message you or whatever. If you’re a very popular person - celebrity, executive, or otherwise some form of a status holding person in a commun…
This looks really nice. I've been fiddling around building newsletter-adjacent products for a few years, and I've been wanting a simple Substack-alternative* that's good for casual use so that I can recommend it to users. Can I make one request? Please provide single opt-in as an option! v2 invisible Recaptcha is effective for stopping bots, and most of the time people won't even be shown a challenge. Double opt-in c…
> Please provide single opt-in as an option Where it isn't illegal, it is still scummy.