A new innovation! Email newsletters!

webecedarian · 19 Apr 2019, 12:21 PM

Funny. A proposal that praises the "old" idea of email newsletters.

The New Social Network That Isn’t New at All
By Mike Isaac

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/t...ewsletter.html

TenFour · 19 Apr 2019, 07:45 PM

Unfortunately, some of these newsletter converts don't really "get" email newsletters. They send clickbait headlines with vague teaser text that requires you to click through to their advertising-laden website that ruins the experience. In some cases, the teaser only takes you to a clickbait paragraph that then requires you to subscribe to read the rest of the article. The ones I like provide you with one or more "real" articles that are of interest, and of course links to other material.

19 Apr 2019, 12:21 PM	#1
webecedarian Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 481	A new innovation! Email newsletters! Funny. A proposal that praises the "old" idea of email newsletters. The New Social Network That Isn’t New at All By Mike Isaac https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/t...ewsletter.html

19 Apr 2019, 07:45 PM	#2
TenFour Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: USA Posts: 1,731	Unfortunately, some of these newsletter converts don't really "get" email newsletters. They send clickbait headlines with vague teaser text that requires you to click through to their advertising-laden website that ruins the experience. In some cases, the teaser only takes you to a clickbait paragraph that then requires you to subscribe to read the rest of the article. The ones I like provide you with one or more "real" articles that are of interest, and of course links to other material.